Age of Stone (part ii)

• Age of Stone (part ii)

Age of Stone (part ii)

Does everybody come here
To the reservoir
With its sunken cars
And shifting sky upturned

Does everybody fall here
Into the husky reeds
With their secret speak
Known to only them and water

Don't tell me I'm the first
Don't tell me I'm the last
Just kiss me into the Age of Stone
And wait with me here
While all the other ages pass

Does everybody come here
To the railway bridge
All dressed in mist
Like a dancer posed in stone

Does everybody fall here
Into a rhythm wove
Through skin and clothes
Like the carving of a valley

Don't tell me I'm the first
Don't tell me I'm the last
Just kiss me into the Age of Stone
And wait with me here
While all the other ages pass

Does everybody come here
Your American car
With its painted stars
All spangled on the ceiling

Does everybody fall here
For the gravel sound
Of your voice and how
It made them feel forgotten

Don't tell me I'm the first
Don't tell me I'm the last
Just kiss me into the Age of Stone
And wait with me here
While all the other ages pass

© Brendan Bonsack
July 2014

1. Levee
2. Thirteen
3. Aunt Tacita
4. Flannelette Princess
5. Newtown, Jackson and Main
6. Declaration
7. Call it Home
8. Age of Stone (part ii)
9. Something Borrowed, Something Found
10. No Edges

Once Was Water
Released July 2014