Tried to wake a sleeping fish
Make good of a dried well wish
Know no better, tied and tethered
On whether what will come.
Deep dive into a shallow pool
Sitting steady on fainting stool.
Best intentions sway and swoon
Your failings fill the pool.
Finer points
Are sharper than a knife.
Duller dots
Blink faster than you’d like.
Ice cold, hot coal
The burn’s old.
A screen door on a sinking ship
Dryer lint on flickering wick
Electric wire, turned funeral pyre
For the bird that left its home.
Consume poison from a splintered glass
Awaiting change from a time well past.
Use four words to describe yourself:
“Half empty, all alone.”
Finer points
Are sharper than a knife.
Duller dots
Blink faster than you’d like.
Ice cold, hot coal
The burn’s old.
This live album from Pete Yorn, recorded over two nights in 2009, includes a link to watch and download the performance in its entirety. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 26, 2020
A sprawling, 25-song set from Pete Yorn complete with covers of Springsteen and The Smiths capture him at his unguarded best. Bandcamp New & Notable May 16, 2020