Lyrics For A Mango or a Cup of Tea
I have got to pick up the pieces
to pick out the places
that have less of what I anticipate
The sickness I felt in coming to myself
The sickness I had in leaving you
The sickness inside from the piece of me you sacrificed
to the Gods of inexperience
on a couch at night
In a willing act of lonliness
and disregard
(and I have got to spend my life on this side of the ocean)
The distance the world sets
between expectation and reality
The distance between what you need
and what you hope to be
A little smoke
A little fear
a little love will dissapear
The first time someone finds a piece of you
untouched and undiscovered,
a little innocence has been rediscovered
Inside of you
the stars will swirl as they're wont to do
Even if forever never comes to you
A mango or a cup of tea
what difference does it make to me
Conception and rejection
all within a single week
(and I have got to spend my life on this side of the ocean)
The distance the world sets
between expectation and reality
The distance between what you need
and what you hope to be
The Years will have their way with you
Folding confusion around your eyes
Making them the deep slots of surprise
weighing your beauty,
smearing it down,
Gravity wants us in the ground
Get to know
accumulate in hopes
of somehow learning from greed
Again,
it's what you want and what you need
And
Re-grow and Re-seed
it's what you want and what you need
Don't the things that spin inside of you
somehow make you dizzy too?
A mango or a cup of tea,
and love bourne of necessity
Between this and reality
the ocean coming over me.
All lyrics copyright Sean Lightholder. All Rights Reserved.