Promising Songtext
von Eli Orion

A rush of lust through the classroom window
Singing of horses and violent skies
Kissing the posters off of my wall and
Smoking out through my eyes

Try to do everything
Claws toward something I can′t reach
Giving a promise ring
Given one

Of salient bruises to my ego
Divining desire's a cornerstone
Say what you mean and be real to people
It′s a thousand feet deep and I'm alone

If I could do anything
How come I wouldn't get more sleep
Giving a promise ring
Given one


From Michigan
You said it sounded like a song I′d write
And as I looked down through the black box in my palm
The tears from a saturated basswood branch brushed my eyelash
As if to remind me to cry
I haven′t for a long time

A rush of lust through the classroom window
Singing of horses and violent skies
Kissing the posters off of my wall and
Smoking out through my eyes

Of salient bruises to my ego
Divining desire's a cornerstone
Say what you mean and be real to people
It′s a thousand feet deep and I'm alone

Claws toward something I can′t reach
How come I wouldn't get more sleep
Giving a promise ring
Given one