Middle Cyclone
Neko Case - 《Middle Cyclone》
did someone make a fool of me
'fore I could show 'em how it's done?
Can't give up actin' tough
it's all that I'm made of
Can't scrape together quite enough
to ride the bus to the outskirts
of the fact that I need love
There were times that I tried
one for every glass of water
that I spilled next to the bed
wretching pennies in a boiling well
in a dream that it once becomes
a foundry of mute and heavy bells
They shake me deaf and dumb
say "Someone made a fool of me
'fore I could show 'em how it's done"
that it was almost invisible
I lie across the path waiting
just for a chance to be a spiderweb
For that I would trade you my empire for ashes
But I choke it back how much I need love