Lighthouse from Autotomy by Alexander Nothing

I want you to know
things I really don't
how I've moved on
though I haven't left this spot

an SUV pulls up
I hear Katrina made a call
saved Jackson from their mom
they talk shit with her on
eating cake in the driveway
her face tells us her name
her intention is their fate

I spun everything to you
as an errand we could save

I need you to know
I'll never make it that difficult
for you to look at me, again

but John cleared my head
the way I'm taking could be
at my own expense

I won't berate you for your honesty
but I can't be cherished incompletely

our time before this was heavy
your trip in Iceland
your body breaking out
Lindsay making herself
us driving in the heat
making sounds we now see
as a language only we can speak

our love
right as it coiled
when I left it to take it
I felt like a kid
but I should have been a man

oh
I need you to know
I know why it's like this
but since we can love still
can we kiss?

for me
there's a life without all of it
and I'm here living it

my Lighthouse to live in

• Folk
• acoustic folk
• experimental folk
• Grand Rapids