Always a riddle in the world, she said
Always a riddle inside my head
Always a thing of wonder the way we come to be

Oh it's a big old place for me
It's a big old world indeed
Everyone is killing me and everything conspires

Oh in dreams I have watched it spin
Seen the violent crack of our tongues
where all light comes in
Oh in dreams I have lain in sin
Just to be the cracked and the cared for

How can I ask, ask for more

Always a riddle in the world, she said
Always a riddle inside my head
Always a thing of wonder the way we come to be

Oh it's a big old place for me
It's a big old world indeed
Kicking my heels and wondering how I've been here so long

Oh in dreams I have watched it spin
Seen the violent crack of our tongues
where all light comes in
Oh in dreams I saw Aesop's kin
Just a carcass of a man now alone inside his skin

Where to, where to begin

I live alone, oh
I live a lonely life without you here
And I may be troubled
But I'm gracious in defeat
Oh I may be troubled
But I'm gracious in defeat