Simone White

Worm Was Wood
worm was woodsnail was an ocelotthe deer in the headlights was a marigold in bloomlily was lightand a teardrop was a grain of sandyou were counting sweaterswhile sheep were howling at the moonearth was flatand sugar fly was sewer-ratthe leaves that were blowing were still growing when we leftbird was bugand billy was a beetle tooi was in love with youhow quickly we forgetwe forget the clothes we wearwere only fur and featherswe held the world together without proofwe forget the lies we tell were yet to be inventedand we lived with only instinct and the truthsnake was stickSongtexteand branches were open armsthe tide came in and it covered up our bedworm was woodthis used to be a neighbourhoodyou made a promisehow quickly we forgethow quickly we forget Aus Songtexte Mania