Black Water Lights

The pond is no smaller

The pond is no smaller

Streetlight on black water

Steam against the glass

Everything we thought would stay

Was only passing past

I watched the morning disappear

Into a silver sky Some things are meant to hold you

Some are only passing by

Pond for the bones Chip steam for the soul

Pond for the bones Chip steam for the soul

Serve the permanent thing

Cherish the temporary one And never confuse the two

Never confuse the two

Coffee cooling on the table

Rain against the pane Every little thing we lose

Returns another way

The water doesn't ask your name It doesn't need

to know

It only holds the ripples Then quietly lets them go

Pond for the bones Chip steam for the soul

The pond is no smaller The pond is

no smaller

Serve what

remains

Cherish what goes And

never confuse the two

The steam rises because it must.

The pond remains because it can.

One is not lesser.

One is not greater.

They are simply

not the same.

Pond for the bones Chip steam for the soul

Pond for the bones Chip steam for the soul

The pond is no smaller

For everything we told

The pond is no smaller

For everything it holds Serve the permanent thing Cherish the temporary one

And never

Never

Confuse the two

The pond is no smaller

The pond is no smaller

Pond for the bones

Chip steam for the soul