Any Number of Ways

Winding down the end of time

We drank thirteen bottles of wine

Wrapped in furs and feeling bold

We walked out into the cold

Gathered round the ancient fire

Swaying like a bloodshot choir

And through the flames I recognized

Something different in your eyes

Then we jumped in the river but the river was hard

Frozen like a midnight boulevard

The dogs showed up in an angry pack

They howled at us and we howled back

Then I was sick upon the snow

Bathed in a pale moonlight glow

From what came out I could gleam

Parts of me that I'd never seen

This could happen in any number of ways

I will close my eyes and not wake up for days

Just then to my great surprise

I grew two hundred times my size

I stepped over the forest wide

And crossed the valley in one stride

Brushing stars and full of joy

I made it clear to illinois

When the dawn brought to my mind

All the love that I had left behind

This could happen in any number of ways

I will bribe tomorrow with all of my yesterdays

By the time that I returned

Smoke rose where the fire had burned

And all around were silent souls

Staring into ash and coals

The sun rose and we sat awhile

I kissed your sad sad smile

Before I could say the words

You turned into a flock of birds

Feathered fury beating away

Yes and this could happen in any number of ways

I will close my eyes and not wake up for days

Yes and this could happen in any number of ways

I will bribe tomorrow with all of my yesterdays

Yesterdays