The clouds are staggering tonight The dawn a protein in my eye And I have lived a life before Traced the rain drops down Asking who first could reach the sill I've been accepting that I'm never gonna change the world Though I've crossed vastnesses to surface in yours While the jettison whites the shore I had the reach of a sycamore Though my braided seeds could fly I saw only the tying in their infinite lines I have felt the enormous permanence of a soul And the heartbreak of impermanence I've learned from hunger and the smile behind While leaning upon those that value and give value to mine And I have held many mentors And too many lovers But still was just the sum of those three I most discovered And I found the confidence to be myself But only after finding that in someone else And I have made family of strangers And vice versa oblivious to the significance of either of those things While the jettison whites the shore I had the reach of a sycamore Though my braided seeds could fly I saw only the tie in their infinite lines I saw that morning and broke Reaching my ecstasy Having longed to die in your arms And seeing yourself as a product of history Ask: Where do you go? While the jettison whites the shore I had the reach of a sycamore Though my braided seeds could fly I saw only the tie in their infinite lines