Fears of Devolution


Trembling in your arms
In your arms
Of devolution

Trembling in my fears
In your fears
Of constitution

Waking up in the dead of night
Feeling so cold
Were growing old



I changed my eyes
Nothing new
No revelation

I turned to touch
Touch your skin
With hesitation

The photographs are burning now
To keep us warm
Ashes blow away



Tell me now is this what life is meant to be
Bliss I sold my soul for
Is this eternity?
Who turned the lights out?
And threw away the key
Was it really you?
Or was it me.



The TV is still on
Still on
But tuned into no station

I light a cigarette
Chewed the smoke
No consolation

The phoenix rose and died away
It won’t be coming back
Another day



Tell me now is this what life is meant to be
Bliss I sold my soul for
Is this eternity?
Who turned the lights out?
And threw away the key
Was it really you?
Or was it me.