Name: Lions and Hammers
Duration: P00H03M48S
Description: Written for FAWM (February Album Writing Month) 2021.

Lions and Hammers

from i dreamed i was a knife by miscellaneous owl

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Written for FAWM (February Album Writing Month) 2021.

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Dreamed I was a hammer
Heavy-headed in your hand
Dreamed I was an ocean
Yearning for dry land
Dreamed I was a lightning bolt
Plunging towards the earth
Dreamed I was another person
Dreamed I was still yours

Tell me, do you lie awake like me?
Lost and lonely? I mean, most of the time
I'm fine, I don't mind
But late at night, I turn off the lights and dream
And then I wonder, do you wish you were still mine?
Or are you fine, no more crying?

From our old apartment
I could hear the lions roar
From the concrete of their cages
To our room on the second floor
You'd see them in their shelters
Gnawing at cold meat
And it always made me wonder
If they thought that they were free

Tell me, do you lie awake like me?
Lost and lonely? I mean, most of the time
I'm fine, I don't mind
But late at night, I turn off the lights and dream
And then I wonder, do you wish you were still mine?
Or are you fine, no more crying?

Should we have gotten married?
Could we have made a working life?
Should I have had your baby?
Could I have been your wife?
I dreamed I was an airplane
I dreamed I was a kite
I dreamed I was a lion
I dreamed I was a knife

Tell me, do you miss those summer nights
With the windows open, letting the moon shine in?
The evening sounds blew through our house
You held onto me as though to save me from a fall
And it was perfect, for a while, and we didn't dream at all
It was perfect for a while
And we didn't dream at all

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from i dreamed i was a knife, released May 7, 2021

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