Jeff Black Lyrics, Honey And Salt

One Last Day To Live

if you had one last day to live
and your soul was free from doubt
would you tell them how you feel
would you rise before the sun
would you write a letter home
would you try to make amends

does the light look different now
does it break without a sound
does it make you laugh out loud
like when you were a child

if you had one last day to live
and your soul was free from fear
would you kill that monster now, dead
would you race the summer wind
write a song that does not rhyme
get stoned and sail the sea

would you pray to god or not
get real drunk and cuss alot
bitch about what you ain't got
or get you something new
would you kiss the one you love
down below and up above
could you bear the burden of
nothing left to prove

if you had one last day to live
and your soul was free from shame
would you let your real light shine

does the light look different now
does it break without a sound
does it make you laugh out loud
like when you were a child
as you go kicking through the dew
think of all that you've been through
hey don't you realize it too
we've been wasting so much time

Honey and Salt

there are sacred sanctuaries
warm and full of light
that we should be walking through
day, night
only denied by the cross I bear
there are silos full of holographs
rendered from the loss
a paper garden in my window sill
rain, frost
who is hiding behind the sun

oh I could use a place to rest
i could use a change of heart
willingly I acquiesce
pining for the part

the constant pull of gravity
through the turn was just too much
I believe I lost my sanity
grace, touch
is it a sweeter life by the trials we share

oh if I could lose myself long enough
to read this book i might have a chance
to lose the fool or someone else
it's no surprise I never learned to dance
very well, use me now
I could be your friend

there's a phantom in my tragedy
and this is not your fault
they drag me through the giving fields
honey, salt
is it a sweeter life by the trials we share

All In Good Time

the sky will stop falling
and the sun will finally show
the baby will stop balling
and I'll get back my soul
the war will be over
and the new day will come in blind
all in good time

I will take your hand
no pretending no protest
shake there in the passing
of your strange and faithful kiss
when the revelation finds me
out cold from freedom's bind
all in good time

this all will prove out
wait for the sound
it's taking me over the line
try to stop a train
this game is making me tired
cold water on my face
I think this place is on fire
it's a fine line marie
between dreaming and dying
I sit here in the corner of my sad sad little room
I see your ghost, I hear you hum your little tune
do you believe in visions Marie
oh I believe in mine
all in good time

the crowd will fall out
in a big surprise applause
we will take our bows
and bruises for the cause
we'll never let a moment pass
or a sunny day go by
all in good time

Rain

I have paid the piper
and i have done my time
the little voice inside my head
grows unspeakably unkind
like a diamond on a grinder
like a hammer on a pearl
like a big chain around my brain again
fast and tied to the tilt a whirl

oh how I long for vengeance
in this song of tragedy
enchanted days of witness
to the virgin harmony
ever since september
my heart has been bone dry
and the bastards they should have killed me
when they made my angel cry

the watermark is waiting
I will never be the same
I'll be rain
falling all around you again
god forgive me for my sin
but I won't be satisfied
until the sun comes shining through

there's a snake down in the manger
there's a rat in the baby's bed
I'll be the one from now on
to put dreams in their head
through thick mud and bad blood
we'll crawl through eden's gate
trying to recapture
what they took from us that day

Time

isn't it just like me
to make a joke out of tragedy
all I needed was some time
I'm not living in the past
I thought I'd try
to make you laugh
that's one thing i can do
and do it well
well I wish I could
I was just passing
through your neighborhood
but you don't seem too amused
I just thought I'd stop and say
I was thinking about you today
and you were right
I see you in the morning sun
in the flight of the blue heron
I see you in the evening sky
and I see you in my dream
this song was easy to write
it just came to me last night
it only took me fifteen years
now isn't it just like me
to make a joke out of tragedy
all I needed was some
time

The Leaving

she slipped out from under neath his arm
crawled across the floor
pulled down the shade and
blew out the candle
shut the door
to the other room
the floor was cold in the hall
and the light in the north room fell soft
and without direction
so it was really hard to tell
wether It was dusk or
wether It was dawn
she said to herself
I used to wake up in the morning and the day was mine then
I used to wake up in the morning and the day was ours
now I wake up in the morning and the day belongs to you
now I'm not a phone booth at a truckstop on the turnpike
and I don't know how I feel
i cannot see your face
and I do not know what's real
nothing was really said after that
no goodbyes
she grabbed up a few things she needed
her heart her soul and the keys to the car and she left
it was a grey day
she drove a while until she came to a place
where she could stay and feel safe
she took a room at a motel and
put away her things and sat quietly on the bed
it was three o'clock in the afternoon and
she sang a sad song in her head
she took off all of her clothes and tried to fall asleep
tossing and turning she fell into a dream
once again she was driving down the highway
listening to the radio
there were people standing and waving
along the side of the road
there was no place in particular
she felt she had to go
then the straight lines turned to circles
and then into a kaleidescope
then in a half sleep she controlled the dream
and she thought to herself
it's hard to see the future
looking backwards through
a telescope

You Belong To Me

forever's calling
the secret's safe with me now
lying on our backs it feels
like we could slip right through the sky
and waltz round the old dance hall
where the questions fall so far away
in our twist of fate i never wonder why

think about our place in the competition
did we really have that far to fall

sweet reminders of our times above the wishing well
when the penny fell and we turned around to find
sweet afterglow of our times below a shooting star
no matter where you are
you belong to me

looks like diamonds on black velvet now
now you come to me in every little turn I take
I remember well the pirouette
and i cannot forget you let me kiss you then
that's when i first believed

think about our place in the competition
does it really matter now at all

sweet reminders of our times above the wishing well
when the penny fell and we turned around to find
sweet afterglow of our times below a shooting star
no matter where you are
you belong to me
sweet reminders of our times above
the water line
now you're mine and
forever's calling

Shout From The Street

we're going to gather in a wheel
we're going to live inside the drum
we're going to find our sense of place
in the kingdom of the sun
we'll be stronger than soldiers
when we blast the barricade
we'll be knee deep in roses
when we push the big parade
the wind is going to blow
our hearts are going to pound
and the shout from the street
is going to turn this world around

little maggie's going to be there
in her pearls and purple shoes
brother john right beside her
in his big black boots
we're going to walk on the water
we're going to sail across the sea
hey look here mama they look just like you and me
the wind is going to blow
our hearts are going to pound
and the shout from the street
is going to turn this world around

yeah for those who came before us
and for those who'll be coming around again
the river cuts right through to show us heaven
and where we begin
washed in the blood
washed in the blood

we're going to dance through these days
to a dusty old song
we're going to live in the vein
right where we belong
from the cradle to the crossing
underneath the copper moon
everything will be revealed
in a little silver spoon
the wind is going to blow
our hearts are going to pound
and the shout from the street
is going to turn this world around

Persephone

she descends down from the ceiling
with magnolias in her hair
she lights every single candle
in a crystal chandelier
with no more than a whisper
she illuminates the room
and I am bound here by her poison
like a drunk in her saloon

as the apparition
she frightens me to death
as flesh and blood and woman
she takes my every breath
as persephone she's perfect
god have mercy on my soul
I am hollow i am helpless
and I've lost all my control

who am I
that the world would miss
hiding in her sweetest kiss
dying in her careless crush
the taste of salt on her summer blush
I can smell vanilla rain
falling soft on her fields again
write my name
in waters still
and let me
fade away

I can feel her eyes upon me
but there's nothing I can do
I am paralyzed in the silence of
her beautiful remove

and sometimes I get the feeling
when I'm knocking at the door
that with the devil I am dealing
but I keep coming back for more

Home

I feel the lights of town fade
I traded out the retrograde
I don't have much
but for what I've saved
now i'm headed home

wind is whistling through the wing
no radio so I sing
yesterday feels like a dream
now I'm headed home

rolling through
the dark of night
no one in sight
this time I am flying
wheels above the ground
the only sound is me
living now
not dying

I love a girl who brings good news
the color of her eyes are changing blues
one true kiss I can't refuse
now I'm on my way

sending out my signal flare
god, thank you for my answered prayer
keep her safe until I get there
now I'm headed home

All lyrics and music written by Jeff Black
songs published by Lotos Nile Music BMI