Restless Things

We made our way back to a place where hope was breath
And a beer or two, they could diffuse a war
There was no need to agree about intentions
We just hopped into the car
And in a world that bright, and hot, and green
Who could have believe in anything
But our blissful stillness in the middle of such
Terrible speed?

Ooh, ohh

Well I stopped shaving, keeping up appearances
You stopped knitting up your brow
We planted trees, and did away with thanks, and please
But we couldn't fathom how
Our wide-eyed, winding worlds had wound us
Into strangest companions on that moon-struck river road
Oh, no one stopped to check the soil
Some restless things just grow, all on their own

Ohh, ohh

Oh we had time, well you know, at times
Time was all we had
Our distances fell flat to parallel horizons,
Not quite happy, not quite sad
And grace is a slow walker, quiet hearts get hassled
Into walls by thronging city streets
Oh, darling, your planet held so steady inside
The bright white goodbye of our mother-star

Ohh, ohh

Strange vignettes humming through my inner eye
The worlds I used to sleep inside
The darkness of your cluttered cave
Your burrowing cat-like contentment made my lower ribs ache