Her Voices (Anniversary Mix 2020)

Looking at you I see her face
Through all these years, just waiting
It all catches up on you when you slow down

I'm back in that yard, tasting that shame
Of pushing her down
Of kids and their games
Their strongholds

We had a bigger world
We had a better view
I guess I never fully realized then
What she lost when I cut that loss

So she filled the void
With unearthly friends
Voices of hers, greater

We had a bigger world
We had a better view
I wish she'd never told us about her voices
We were strong, we were much too strong

Never forgive
Never forget
Never forgive
Never forget

We picked and pierced
We ripped and we tore
We hit and we scratched
To make in her a hole

Glares and eyes
Whispers and notes
Attached to her every pose

We fed her shouts
For the collection of her voices
I was too weak to collect
But so, it turned out, was she
Both paid in soul for the cutting of that loss

Now I can see she proved to be right
As she was called down
It's sad though
That I turned out to be one of her voices