tilt a whirl

Bright Eyes

My phantom brother came to me
His backlit face was hard to see
I couldn t move, I couldn t scream
You can t un-hear Beethoven s 5th
This human heart s an aggregate
Competing feelings so disparate and strange

Life s a solitary song
No one to clap or sing along
It sounds so sweet and then it s gone
So suddenly

My aging mother steeled herself
Against the gravity she felt
Braced for another fainting spell
Fell in her mind through a trap door
We picked her up off of the floor
When she came to her throat was sore and she spoke

Life s a game of solitaire
Amusement rides at county fairs
The Tilt-A-Whirl of our despair
Ends suddenly

Where d it go?

Life s a lonely love affair
Kaleidoscope beyond compare
It vanishes into thin air
So suddenly