Sorrow

Jim Savarino © 2001

There's a big black bird beating his wings
Standing still in the air
Is it the wind he's fighting against
Or is something else holding him there?

Some unseen force, just out of reach	
That cannot be felt or be heard	
Some aspect of nature that cannot be known	
Cannot be named with a word	

And a man I know, so just and so fair	
Never steps out of his bounds	
Just like that bird that's stopped in the air	
He screams without making a sound	

And late at night, alone in his bed	
He wonders what's passed him by	
Was it the truth he's been fed all these years	
Did he just swallow the lie	

Chorus	
Carry my sorrow away with the night
Drop it down some empty well
Push in my dreams and cover the hole
Never my story to tell

I hold so tight to anger that grows	
With every new pain that I see	
Some day I'll find the perfect response	
So far it's hiding from me	

I watch and wait with half opened eyes	
Look for a crack in the wall	
Amidst the rising  houses of cards	
Some day those houses will fall!	

Chorus