Bonnie "Prince" Billy

Happy Child
Imagine my hands are cleanI am revitalized by things unseenI begin a dialogue with the roadToothless, hopeful, about to explode How could I have ever been so luckyTo wake up looking in her faceAnd see the flowers she put â??round the roomBrightening an otherwise crumbling placeShe told me that Jesus loves meBut I never knew who Jesus wasSome kid somewhere fucked upWell isn't this what a savior does?Don't cryDon't feelDon't dieBecause death is not realIt's goodIt's yoursAnd it should come when things have run their courseI wanted her melted up inside meAll the tears and the smiles shed for meShe'd disappear to the world around meSongtexteEverything to be a powerful memory(so I could carry all that we'd been with me)So I brought her to the swamp she loved so wellWhere I gently placed her in itI brought her soul to ease with kissesAnd I said to her as I's about to begin itDon't cryDon't feelYou won't dieBecause I don't think death's realIt's goodIt's mineAnd it should beAt your heels all of the timeAnd she said:â??and where's the sky for me now? its good that she singsAnd who will take it down? the freedom it bringsAnd drape it all around me her voice is my veryHeadEvery cloud and Cosmo for a gown?â??I'm a good kidOld styleA happy childAnd I'm never going to have to do that againBut if I want to, I canDon't cryDon't feelDon't dieBecause death is not realIt's goodIt's oursLike the sunLike the wormsLike the windLike the flowers Aus Songtexte Mania