A Single Thread

I was pulled out of bed by a single thread

It tugged me to death by my clothing

And I was led to a door I'd never seen before

With an old gentle glow of its opening

Where I was a child pressed against your flower dress

I clung to it like I did before I lost you

And I could tell you were cured, you were happier

Your perfect words were the comfort that you offered

And I sat and thought about the way that women talk

How carefully their words are chosen

And without missing a beat, you lift me off my feet

And throw me in the depths of the ocean

Where I had a dream that I couldn't breathe

That the vicious sea was attacking

It wrestled my tongue as it filled my lungs

With the pressure that I'd been avoiding

And I sank to the depths where the bodies slept

And a sign that read its warnings

Said: He who opens his mouth while already drowned

Insults the knowledge of the ocean

So I sat inside to wait for it to dry

Until the Sun had turned the sea into a meadow

And when I opened my eyes you were by my side

Waiting for me with the trees and the pebbles

And I said: How could this be?

You said: I just followed the string

That comes to me when I sleep, when I'm dreaming

My little star, my baby love, I wasn't giving up

Just taking the break I thought I needed

And I said: Build me a wall that's indestructible

Place it all around my body

Have it blocking the Sun so that when it comes

I'll be right here where you left me

I'll sleep away the sadness of today

And bury deep in the sheets that surround me

Yeah I'll sleep until the blankets and the quilts

Dissolve into the soil around me