artist: rem
title: beat a drum

...the sun reflected in the back of my eye
I knocked my head against the sky

the dragonflies are busy buzzing me
seahorses if we were in the sea

halfway from coal, halfway to diamond
my fall knocked a mean chip out of me

this is all I want, it's all I need
this is all I am, it's everything
this is all I want, it's all I need

a bluejay hectors from the felled catalpa tree
a doctorate in science and a theologian's dream

the dragonflies are trying to lecture me
seahorses if we were in the sea

beat a drum for me, like a butterfly wing
tropical storm across the ocean

don't explain, I'm sure I'll want to know
don't forget, we're just halfway from coal...