Requiem: 820 Latham

When I came to you there in that cold

Telephone pole horror of the night

And you came out to meet me

In that filmy thing and sat down on the porch swing

And I knew the moon would melt

Before I held you to my breast, like that again, yeah

Why could I not die then, warm, behind the curtains of your hair

When we stopped the clock on that cold rock

Mixed our hot young blood with granite dust,

And I raised my head to kiss the sweat

That hung like honey from your Goddess brow,

And I knew the mountain side would be

Ten million years of dust and rust before I took you up there again, yeah

Why could I not die then, warm, behind the curtains of your hair

Instead I was found dead and well

Carrying on my life, with much gusto and death breath

Buried without casket and no one writes my epitaph

'Cause they heard that I'm still breathing and they think that means, I'm still alive

I'm still alive

And I knew the mountain side would be

Ten million years of dust and rust before I took you up there again

And why could I not die then, warm, behind the curtains of your hair

Why could I not die then, since it doesn't really matter where