say yes

looking in the mirror

see so many colours

which one will carry me away

red of the rooftop

blue of a freighter

orange of the dust of the last parade

I say yes I say yes

even if it’s just a guess

tip my head back hear the sky say stay

…or carry me away

muzzle in the corner

snarling calls me foreigner

says it’s time I went down with the ship

do you think you’re better

than any nightingale in fetters

keening at the lean end of a whip

I say yes I say yes

even if it’s just a guess

tip my head back hear the sky say stay

…or carry me away

perhaps there is a heaven

ah! the ancient question!

perhaps that’s where the loved ones have gone

take these words to slaughter

what’s left is wind and water

and how long how long how long

I say yes I say yes

even if it’s just a guess

tip my head back hear the sky say stay

…or carry me away

words and music (c) 2023 Noah Zacharin