Husbands
Embracing Change: Finding Voice Beyond Words
Lyrics
The black-streak, bag-eyed husbands
The husbands with dark circles and tired eyes
Move waiting to be widowed
Moving through life, anticipating becoming widowers
By the passing of familiar skies
Awaiting the passage of familiar moments and experiences
And all we've come to know
Reflecting on everything we have come to understand
Our shadows have my sympathy
Expressing sympathy for our own shadows
For they must never wish to be
Recognizing that shadows might not desire to be united
Joined beneath, unwilling
Being joined unwillingly under our restless feet
Our endless, restless feet
Acknowledging the perpetual movement and uncertainty in life
So praise be the break of day
Celebrating the beginning of a new day
When we run out of things to say
Embracing the silence when words run out
We'll learn to speak in different ways
Adapting communication to new forms and methods
And plea with cities to be breathing
Pleading with cities to survive and thrive
For beauty made them bend and sway
Recognizing that beauty influences and shapes urban environments
We'll learn to speak in different ways
Continuing to adapt communication in diverse ways
Our list's caught frozen in a streetlight
Our plans halted and illuminated by a streetlight
Our indecision rides atop the crow
Indecision perched atop the chaos
It burned out, blackened, turned to ash and blew away
Choices burning out, turning to ash, and drifting away
To embers far to bright to see
Leaving behind glowing embers too bright to ignore
And not there enough to weigh
Embers not substantial enough to carry weight
So praise be the break of day
Expressing gratitude for the dawn of a new day
When we run out of things to say
Embracing silence when words are exhausted
We'll learn to speak in different ways
Adapting communication to different forms and methods
And plea with cities to be breathing
Pleading with cities to thrive and survive
For beauty made them bend and sway
Recognizing that beauty influences urban resilience
We'll learn to speak in different ways
Continuing to adapt communication in diverse ways
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