THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE

At the bottom of the lake

Where most light has gone

I mesmerize with my thoughts

And I find a dark spot

 

At the bottom of the lake I am

And here I find inertia

And fears unovercome

Presents left undone

 

At the bottom of the lake

When you might think

You cannot possibly

Sink any lower

 

Well you sink even lower

You’re going down down down

To the utmost

Bottom of the lake

 

All is dark and quiet and deadened

Movements are slow Lights subdued

Your vision blurred Your eyes bloodshot

You find no living mammals here

 

What are you doing here

At the bottom of this lake

 

Nuclear waste Your gut’s distaste

Debris and ruins of years and years

Cans and dust and lifeless rusty old

Copper pots gone green

Almost gone gone gone

At the bottom of the lake

Stagnation and remainders of

Your days in the light

Reminding you of

The love love love

 

The bottom of the lake

That’s where I’m at

The bottom of the lake

That’s where I’m at

 

So be at the bottom of the lake

So be at the bottom of the lake

So be at the bottom of the lake

So be at the bottom of the lake

 

You hardly make a sound

Your feet will touch the ground

Your ground

Feel your ground

 

Nowhere to go but up

Nowhere to go but up

 

You’ll find there’s life like yours

On the shores

Of this lake of yours

Mammal life like yours

On the shores

Of this lake of yours