The Calling

Back then, I was dauntless

And dawn could never know

And my weakness made me weep less

Than I would ever show you

I′d burn so bright it blinded

Now I know that light guided me here

I walked into the river

To wring those embers from my broken heart and broken liver

You'll never get your dinner if you don′t learn how to get along

A fox somewhere is hiding

That light I thought was blinding brought me here

I look into the waters and see a face I don't understand

We're both unwanted daughters

But there′s more than water in these autumn hands

I look into the waters and see a face I don′t recognize

Who's this?

(Who are you?)

What changed? I ask, so strange, she replies

Shoulder the sky

(I can′t wait to show you how much)

Open those eyes

(I know you can be, just let the rain come)

There's a kind

(Let the rain come down, darling)

(Can′t you hear it howling?)

Of calling, calling

Back then, I wasn't hopeful

But now my ink′s blood-red, not black

And I'll blink like ripping envelopes

In the hopes that you'll write back

And on the banks of that river

I shiver as a fox stands frozen

And I close them, I close them, I close my eyes

′Cause I′m between that just-one-more

And drank-too-much-again

And I promise you I'll write: I love you

With my fingers on your sleeping hand

And when that fox howls, I′ll howl with it

In its cries, I'll find an end

And when I think I′m fine, you'll visit

And then you happen to me, you happen to me all over again

In the waters, I see a face I don′t want look back

Do you like my dress? It's got pockets

The rocks beneath my feet begin to crack

Oh, I look into the waters, long ago that current caught us

And we tried, I tried, I really fucking tried

But the rain kept coming down, I watch that woman drown

Shoulder the sky

(I can't wait to show you how much)

Open those eyes

(I know you can be, just let the rain come)

There′s a kind

(Let the rain come down, darling)

(Can′t you hear it howling?)

Of calling (calling), calling

Shoulder the sky

(I can't wait to show you how much)

Open those eyes

(I know you can be, just let the rain come)

There′s a kind

(Let the rain come down, darling)

(Can't you hear it howling?)

Of calling (calling), calling

Shoulder the sky

(I can′t wait to show you how much)

Open those eyes

(I know you can be, just let the rain come)

There's a kind

(Let the rain come down, darling)

(Can′t you hear it howling?)

Of calling (calling), calling

Shoulder the sky

(I can't wait to show you how much)

Open those eyes

(I know you can be, just let the rain come)

There's a kind

(Let the rain come down, darling)

(Can′t you hear it howling you? It′s calling)

Of calling

Calling in the rainfall