Performers

Bright arm of light through the curtains
Sweat silhouettes on velvet seats
I believed you then, I believe you still
Flashback, a story unfurls
Grew up along the clay hills
Born where the river in winter spills onto the plain
Spotlight illuminates our cheeks
I trace our differences
Your birth was purchased, mine was an accident
The theater organ plays
How you long for the dead
How your brother bled a creek from his wrist to the drain
Pause before the curtain call
I send up every flair,I try, I fail, I try again
Pivot,wait to be applauded
Tell you I deserve nothing, you love me still
Land as soft as we began
You'll never be the fun drunk
I'll never be the one in a white paper dress
Nod to your audience
Beauty is sudden we'll undress
Darkness never bothered us
Pause before the curtain call
You send up every flare
You try, you fail, you try again
Pivot,wait to be applauded
And tell me you deserve nothing, I'll love you still