SKELETON TREES

This song is not for you
It’s for the wounded and those who’ve been through
A black cloud appearing 
In a summer sky once blue
And this song
Is not for you

This song is not for you
It’s for the lovers 
Who tenderly kiss
Beautiful moments
Where space and time and synchs
And this song
Is not for you

You don’t even know when you’re lying
Your hearts and crosses 
They mean nothing
And this song is not for you

Poisonous berries
Skeleton trees
Broken nut shells
Crack under feet
Nettles and fern
Bracken and weed
Twisting and scratching
Cutting so deep

Twist in the sweat
Of a 4am mind
Waiting and waiting
So stuck in time
Whirring like clockwork
A broken stopwatch
Backwards and forwards 
Please make it stop

Cracks in the pavement 
Blood oozing through 
Hookers and dealers
In doorways of gloom
Beggars and muggers
Come out of the blue
Staring into unbelievable truth

You don’t even know when you’re lying
Your hearts and crosses 
They mean nothing
And this song is not for you

You don’t even know when you’re lying
You’re speaking in tongues 
And you’re always disguising
And this song is not for you
Not for you
This is not for you
Not for you