Like The Sea - Case Studies

I had a dream last night

Of smashing a stone into another man’s face

There was nothing of his nose or his eyes or his teeth

His blood splashed on my chest

And as I hoisted the stone above my head

With your hand on my shoulder you spoke to me

But I never did hear what you said

A telephone rang

And in Detroit, in an abandoned mansion

A policeman was strolling, he was warning me

And at the foot of my bed he sat smiling, expectantly

So I took the birthday belt from my jeans

Slashing leather across his cheek

As I swung and I swung once again

His skin bloomed like a flower hungry for the Spring

I had a dream last night

I walked the road with my father’s feet

And I could see everything I ever wanted

Just floating in space

I had a dream last night

Of you on the floor on your hands and knees

And my fingers were strumming inside of you

And you had a microphone in your face

I had a dream last night

You were on a train going East

Over mountains and tunneling into the Earth

You had gone away

And when you’d traveled as far as you could

You turned and looked back and you waited for me

But I was too fragile and frail to follow you

So I just waved like the sea