Measure For Measure (WEBB)

Speak not of this in mixed company
this is only a test of your honesty
so pick up your cross and get thee out of town
I'll wipe up the blood you wept
when your not… when your not around

no need to ask me why
but let's just take it from here measure for measure
open your sleeping eyes
but don't let them stick that way

the salt of the earth you keep your silo clean
I found all your diaries soaked in kerosene
the underground is there above us all
you're thinking in overdrive but you're really stalled

I'm here to tell you why
so let's just take it from here measure for measure
don't set your sails too high
you might just get blown away

I dreamt I was a butterfly
(I flew for all the world to see)
but I don't think they liked that much
(for they tore the wings off me)
but my words hung in the air
(there for all the world to read)
they made perfect sense to none but me
(up until the scream)

then I woke up to a long distance call
from an estranged friend
and that got me thinking

no need to ask me why
but let's just take it from here measure for measure
open your sleeping eyes
but don't let them stick that way

I'm here to tell you why
so let's just take it from here measure for measure
don't set your sails too high
you might just get blown away