Ian Vaughan - Sisu

I lay on the grass in the summer
The warmth of the sun on my face
Not worrying if it would pass
Or for what would be taking its place
What once seemed so far away, was very soon realised
I looked and the light was greying into stormy skies

Look at the night and see when it falls
Laying darkness over all
By night time
I look at the night and say when it falls
I'll retreat inside these walls
And you'll comfort me tonight another time
I look at the light as the shadows fall
In the stillness, darkness calls
I swear I'll decide this time

When you're spacing out, only
Jaded, full of doubts, lonely
With every hour turning sour in your mind
On the point of a razor at fraying time
The only laughs in the photographs
Reminding you of once much better times
Caught between the lines of pressure
With no let up at all

Look at the sky when the rain will fall
Windswept at the seawall
And I'm standing here alive another night
The patterns of lightness and dark are all
I owe you more than I ever could say
Will you walk with me down by the river one more time
Look at the night without fear at all
Remembering how it was
Before it caught us
The muddy waters, the muddy waters
Torrid times

When the banks have burst, flooded
The damage at its worst, face bloodied
With very muscle, every sinew in you, try
With every breath to the death, dare to defy
I swam alone, but the waters rose too high
For me left stranded by the tide
Tonight, survive the storm

So much of my effort wasted
No matter how hard I tried
So much for the plans I made
For the trust I placed in my strength applied
So much of this bitter taste
So much of my stupid pride
Staring through fingers splayed, in disarray
Going out of my mind

Though I know a thaw must come after the freeze
It's so slow to turn these bitterest degrees
And when it's gnawing in your bones and you can barely see
Then, with a heart as cold as stone, you've got to will to be

So much of my time I've waited
So much I've just sat in line
Wearing an obedient look
And the pains I took on my obsequious smile
So much of what I wrote I hated
So much was like drinking brine
Throwing, until it finally took
Just like a grappling hook
And I began to climb

The wind blows, in lonely tones, across the seas
But I know, the promise on the warmer breeze
Until, with flowing water, Earth renews fertility
There are fish, my lines are taut, all swimming downstream to the sea
Into a life beyond

And I've faced my longest night alone

Written by:
Ian Vaughan

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