Jonah Whale Underworld

SEEMS LIKE DAYS I’VE BEEN WALKING UNDER WATER

IT TRICKLED IN A HOLE IN MY SHOE

I DON’T MIND NO ONE SEEMS TO NOTICE

WELL ISN’T THAT WHAT WERE ALL SUPPOSED TO DO

 

AND I DRINK ALL THAT I CAN

AND THE REST SEEPS IN SMALL CRACKS IN MY HAND

AND IT LIVES AND IT BREATHES

REIGN LET IT REIGN

 

SEEMS LIKE YEARS I’VE BEEN POKING HOLES IN THE POET

SO A LITTLE LIGHT WILL SHINE THRU

COUNTING THE DAYS UNTIL SUMMER

WELL ISN’T THAT WHAT WE’VE ALL COME HERE TO DO

 

AND I CHOKE AS I BEGIN TO BREATHE

SHADOWS SHIFT AS I SIT AND WATCH MY T.V.

REIGN LET IT REIGN

 

LET IT REIGN, LET IT REIGN EVERYWHERE THE SUN IS SHINNING

REIGN, FALLS ON MY FACE, RUNS DOWN MY SKIN

I OPEN MY MOUTH, AND LET IT TRICKLE IN

 

AND I DRINK ALL THAT I CAN

AND THE REST CRAWLS IN SMALL CRACKS IN MY HAND

AND IT LIVES AND IT BREATHES

LET IT REIGN ON MY RELIGION,

LET IT REIGN INSIDE MY HEAD

REIGN  REIGN   REIGN  REIGN

LET IT REIGN ON THE SERPENT

REIGN  REIGN   REIGN  REIGN

LET IT REIGN ON THE CHILDREN

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