Does Not Suffice

You saw me rise to our occasion
And so deny the evidence
Caused me to burn and twist and grimace against you
Like something caught on a barbed wire fence

Now you can see me fall back here redoubled
Full bewildered and amazed
I have gotten into some terrible trouble
Beneath your blank and rinsing gaze

It does not suffice for you to say I am a sweet girl
Or to say you hate to see me sad because of you
It does not suffice to merely lie beside each other
As those who love each other do

joanna newsom

Of the Sea

And the crush of the deep, our secrets will keep
And the mermaids, they drift in the dark
With the salt all ablaze and the ships where they lay
There must be great fear in the spark

So here we will stay, all the demons at bay
From our arms and our eyes it seems
Away from the dirt, beneath the skirt of the sea
We won't wake from our dreams

aa bondy