Her Voices

Looking at you I see her face
Through all these years, just waiting
It all catches on to 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 forget!
(Never forgive, never forget)
Never forgive!
We picked and pierced, we ripped and we tore
We hit and 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)
Their ugly truth (I was too weak to collect)
Outnumbered by far her beautiful dream (But so, it turned out, was she)
And I closed my eyes
Were her eyes in yours already when we met? (Both paid in soul for the cutting of that loss)
Am I still paying debts to recover life?

(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