Jandek

I Shot Myself

Jandek


I shot myself 
I can't get up 
I'm beyond repair 
I shot myself 
I'm over some hill 
Beyond the valley 
Stars in the black night 
Sun filters through 
Forgetting a mountain 
Time slides in my mind 
I know what it is 
It's time to die 
But the goodness is heartfelt 
With the turning of time 
And the ways of the broken 
And I know how to hide myself 
I shot myself 
I can't get up 
I'm beyond repair 
I shot myself 
And your mercy abounds 
From when you forgave me 
Until the ice of your catapult