UNFETTERED

My hands will be as weapons when the dead rise from the river
Up over the strip mall all manner of birds fall
Through the torn sky of winter
I woke up to the plain truth defaced and stripped down on my old van
Now my heart’s packed way too hard 
Bad dreams are bad even in a great plan
Who can be trusted, you don’t even know my name
Keep an eye on me brother, I will do the same

The world went numb and unkind without one shred of grace
Ain’t no sense of consequence
Written all over my face 
In my youth my hair was blond, blond as July the fourth
Now this world’s fucked my memories up
I’m still waiting for the worst 
No one can be trusted, you don’t even know me kid
Keep an eye on me brother, I’m already dead

My old dog sees a skittering leaf, thinks that she’s found danger
Oh I will miss her but seeing things that ain’t there
I gotta move unfettered
The last of us shall wander through a land of trespass and turmoil
Without so much as a brief human touch
Nor a real god to prevail

(c) Impermanent Music 2023 || David: guitar, piano, vocals, backing vocals || J. Brandenberg  keyboards, percussion || Jake Johnson: keyboards

SPOILER—THIS SONG IS ABOUT: the end of the world (again!) and how one moves through that