Fourteen Times

Fourteen times I call your name

Fourteen times I get the same

A silent chill an empty room

And four dogs barking at the moon.

I go out to the ancient street

And spill my way through scattered light

The world is shaken at my feet

It takes me down into the night

I've seen a thousand suns set into the ground

Like a thousand born into a single sound

There are fourteen ways of tearing up the past

And there are fourteen ways of trying to make it last

Fourteen blades of melting grass

Fourteen shades tied to the mast

Fourteen tears strapped to the eye

Fourteen fears must wave goodbye

Fourteen bells must tole the day

When fourteen dreams don't fade away

There are fourteen nettles in the kiss

Fourteen feeling feel like this

Seen a thousand suns set into the ground

Like a thousand born into a single sound

There are fourteen ways of tearing up the past

There are fourteen ways of trying to make it last.

Before the dream between the fall

I wade into the twisted sand

While lovers stand against the wall

With frozen eyes and slight of hand.