The Listen Things

from Knock Knock by David Cline

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Skeletons and gamblers stumble and meander, tracing crooked smiles on the ground
They are aimless but determined to be resolute and learned while they marvel at the thoughts they've found

Balconies full of broken dreams, haggard minds and bursting seams
The two cannot be parted
I'm just getting started

Flashes fill the famous streets
While ashes drain from beneath their feet

And they're singing
Bet they're singing

Oh why's the rain feel so heavy
Why's the wind make me unsteady
Where can we shelter from the helter skelter of this storm

A windswept cityscape so ready
To reap the lives and minds of many
Chapped cracks in the paths they tread

They're living in their heads

The phantoms that pursue them, these erudite illusions, list lazily from cigarettes and breath
Under a haze of orange lamplight, wrapped up in what's in hindsight, they criss-cross walks and talk of better days

Empty eyes cast on endless skies, brimming lips and toothless lies
The two cannot be parted
I'm just getting started.

Four more years of these sleepless nights
Four more years wondering is this right?

And they're singing
I bet they're signing

Oh why's the rain feel so heavy
Why's the wind make me unsteady
Where can we shelter from the helter skelter of this storm

A windswept cityscape so ready
To reap the lives and minds of many
Chapped cracks in the paths they tread

They're living like they're dead.

Oh why's the rain feel so heavy
Why's the wind make me unsteady

Oh why's the rain feel so heavy
Why's the wind make me unsteady

Oh why's the rain feel so heavy
Why's the wind make me unsteady
Where can we shelter from the helter skelter of this storm

Why's the rain feel so heavy
Why's the wind make me unsteady
Chapped cracks in the paths they tread

Oh why's the rain feel so heavy
Why's the wind make me unsteady
Where can we shelter from the helter skelter of this storm

A windswept cityscape so ready
To reap the lives and minds of many
Chapped cracks in the paths they tread

They don't know they're living like they're dead.

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from Knock Knock, released June 28, 2014

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David Cline is a singer-songwriter from Kansas City, Kansas.

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