[Lyric] The Turnings of the Earth and Other Observations (Matthew Squires and the Learning Disorders)

This whole god damn world is a mirror
I tried my best to turn away from it
I was ashamed of it, I guess

And when I turned, I turned forever
Like a ballerina who had confused grace
With saving face
My life was whizzing by

This whole god damn world is a mirror
I tried my best to run away from it
I was afraid of it, I guess

I ended up on top of Mt. Tremper
The stars shined brighter there than anything
I had ever seen
In fact, they gave me sight

And then I watched you as struggled to free yourself
From the shackles that were insidе of your head
It was like watching a child resist thе arms
Of his mother when she would lay him in bed, oh lord...
Surprise, surprise: He still got fed

Sometimes I hide inside of my brain
It's lonely there but its safe

And I know when I go that I will go unstained
You could never stain this mind
It's as much yours as mine

This is as much yours as it could ever be called "mine"
So, I hope, my love, when your skin starts caving in from time
That you will still sip on my love like a well-aged wine

And please do not waste one more of your beautiful tears
On the youth that you lost, for you never really owned it my dear

If there's one thing I've learned, it's that Earth just turns for
Itself