April Tenth

It was April the tenth

I remember it well

It was so cold that year

It was colder than hell

Things haven't been good

For you, for a while

Because I'd been on tour

I hadn't heard

And you've dropped in

With the letter you wrote

And I read it aloud

To prove that I could

And we were both laughing

Cause we know how you are

We never thought

Your quitting was good

We thought that we knew you

And I guess that we don't

Are you heavenly or

Just like the past?

We called you "the black penny"

Remember that?

The sea is wide

The streets are long

And there's blood on all our hands

With the catalyst gone

And only what's left to us

Is history built on dust

I was sweating on poet's words

Great nations and governments

Sweet lies and victories

Eager and keen to please

Those good keys are everywhere

With their thousand-yard stare

We all end up the same

Like little lambs to meet their end