parts of the following were added by Matthew Schmid, and the parts that were not were deeply inspired by his poetry
lyrics
the dormant will conspire
close your eyes to see the fire
and i’ll whisper at the fingerprints it left at the corners of my
sleep
used to be a foreign shape
i could lie among the thorns
mixed with nonbelievers’ tales and the starvation for a life
but what is it?
when the sustain
is a moon
is a flame
stretching, scrambling at what you can’t create?
then i built a house
to keep the wilderness out
i could walk, i could walk the halls and wait
the walls were draped with moments cropped into their frames
like gilded sideshow souvenirs picked up along the way
but what is it?
when the ivy fills the doors
branches growing through the floors?
though we never needed a foundation
i think our fortress armed itself.
i should get up and fly again
walk in circles ‘round the house
this is pumping
it’s convulsing
tear it down
well the dirt gave into rain
it comes through the rafter space
and i am sinking in a pool of my possessions
my transgressions floating by
i lay on my back and sigh
remember when … ?
the clock in the hall chimes four
remember days before hibernation?
you heard beauty in each drop escaped or echo bounced off bricks
you’re older now than sound itself
despite achievements on the shelf
you heckled over their success with everyone you knew
why did you cover brass with gold?
a salesman advertising mold
served with flourishes
of twigs and mud and bravery
but what is it?
when the icicles still hang
delighting from the chords you sang
with the pride inside ten thousand years of filth and colonizing?
when we were young i …
and from the hush i …
the worms will writhe on blocks of sidewalk
glass will sparkle in the tar
weeds will push up next to them
maybe that’s why you shook with fear
i should get up and fly again
walk in circles ‘round the house
this is nothing.
it’s convulsing.
tear it down.
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