Beyond The Pale

unseen down lane<br>come petrified velvet<br>close to me<br>i imagined you some place else<br>you who told me truth outside<br>and so forth and so on<br>i saw in your face<br>you did not<br>remember mine<br><br>lost in my backwood<br>you woke and found me there<br>setting the woods on fire<br>running hard and dirt heavy<br>neath the skin of a bear<br>all my harm<br>i shall wear<br><br>i was happy<br>i knew it<br>i clapped my hands<br>beyond the pale and beautiful<br>the sweetest song<br>the saddest thought<br>why has no one woke me<br>we could not<br>please stay<br>stay as i come clean<br>i`ve waited for your noise all day<br>beyond the pale and beautiful<br>we keep down our voices<br>we keep down our voices<br>for that is our way<br><br>lost in my backwood<br>you woke and found me there<br>running hard and dirt heavy<br>in the skin of a bear<br>all my harm<br>i shall wear