A. Savage - Thawing Dawn lyrics

No one knows you quite the way that I do No one knows me, not especially you Find the river and deliver my remains to it soon This I request of you Said a person that I knew from my sleep "Savage, I'm free, but I ain't cheap The thing you wake with has a function, either beat it or bleed" What could I say to them Man on fire, and he's heading for truth Watched him burning as I sat on the stoop A couple seconds felt like hours 'til I finally moved To beat the flames from him Most religion is as far from faith As the sun is from the shadows it shapes Well I can hardly say for certain if I'm trapped or escaped When I'm away from you When the summer draws the bugs in the house And an acquaintance takes the form of a spouse I need you wildly, as the bluejay needs a tune it can sing Into the afternoon Like a mother she reminds With the ashes on her head Dancing drunkly to the radio As she welcomes back the dead Twenty hours and I'm twelve in the hole With thoughts of lightning as a beautiful dull Across the island they are floating slow in luminous balls Inviting me to cross Started drinking to meet strangers and folks Who'd listen to me, who'd nod when I spoke, but These days when I'm thirsty I don't mind staying home Drinking away the blues Started smoking to keep up with my friends I learned to love the feeling when I'm breathing it in But I'm a lonely lighthouse shining by the sea on a cliff Dragging in solitude Of all the pieces I've combined Still the cruelest mixture yet Is the softness of a thawing dawn And the hardness of regret