Monday, June 16, 2003

"until a whisper"

stranger
it's a funny thing to say
but i wish i knew you better


someone hushes to his father
a secret into his shoulder

he cries without tears
and howls a sound that no one has ever heard before
he is mistaken for a sigh

he wants to fly
because there is no one here to stand next to
just a stranger
a loss who looks like a man
who sits in the dark by a television set
who hums sinatra in the car
who feeds the world with tired hands

a loss who looks like a man
who did the best he could to raise two kids
with a belt, with a hug
with a scowl, with a sigh
but not with a hello, a how do you do

he wants to fly
because there is no one here to stand next to
just a stranger
a loss who looks like a man

but if you whisper something into the darkness
you just might hear
an echo
from the unexpected

just whisper
until another whisper comes back home to you

hello
hello

have dinner with me
have dinner with me

oh
oh

happy father's day
happy father's day

dope song: beck's sunday sun so full of sadness