Eulogy

Gather round my friends

It is time to say farewell to the local wood-cutting man

He served us well and taught our children how to whistle

He made his living throwing billets in a barking drum

 

Here with us now are his loving wife and family

Who remember him as loyal and stubborn and doting

He loved to dance and eat his dinner at the table

And he could listen with the patience of an oxen

 

When a tree falls we may not be there to hear it

But in the silence we recall the man who cleared it

Bloom

I won't plant lilies for you

'Cause they'd poison my crops

But I'll plant sugar peas if you don't abandon me

Just peas in a pod

 

I read a letter from you

And neglected my tea

Now I've got bitter leaves and my throat is begging please

Stop drinking alone

 

Now that the peas have grown tall

And they don't reach the land of giants

Instead they grow apart

Each carrying a broken heart

 

And they bloom

...

PRISCILLA

I like to imagine you with green in your teeth 

Big belly-laughing cause you hated how it tasted 

Stitches in our sides with ornaments crafted with care 

And every Christmas, we are grateful you are with us, cause 

Breathing is easy, when you know someone loves you 

 

You met my first girlfriend several times and it went fine 

And at my recital, every note I sang I sang for you, 'cause 

Breathing is easy, when you know someone loves you 

 

Well the fake fish in the bathroom won't go belly-up 

If you stop feeding them and showing up 

But I'm not made of plastic, and when the darkness comes 

I'll be there 

To welcome the sun 

 

I'm trying to make an ornament, but keep pricking my thumbs 

I'm making a big one, so you can't leave this earth 'til it's done, 'cause 

 

Breathing is easy, when you know someone loves you 

Breathing is easy, when you know someone loves you 

Breathing is easy, when you know someone loves you 

 

No, I'm not made of plastic, and when the darkness comes 

I'll be there 

To welcome the sun

ARTEMIS

I look at the garden 
And watch the sun set 
And I'm reminded 
Of how hard it gets 

When the day's over 
And there's nothing to do 
'Cause I used to spend evenings with you 

If I look closely 
I see a cloud 
It looks like a sheep to me 
Or maybe a crown 

It's hard to see clearly 
Now that you're gone 
I close the curtains and turn the light on 

Why are you leaving 
I was just sleeping 
You saw an ending 
I'm just beginning again 

And when I wake 
To wax and wane 
I am the moon 
In every phase 

Though it may look like 
I've gone away 
I'm like the clouds 
I have just changed 

I draw back the curtains 
A pain in my chest 
And I pray to someone 
That I don't forget 

All that you told me 
When the day breaks 
'Cause knowing you're there lessens the ache 

When the night's dark 
You're still with me