The Amelia Earhart Waltz - Heather Eatman

There is a hollowness: shape without form. Hallowed and concentric circles splayed against a canvas Deep red, veins in hand with epitomes and documents of what has ceased to be. What was leased to me...? A dying light in fragile arms? An art amidst your victory march for me to chase; for me to run? For me to torment you and I until we fall again; Amidst a calm and cooling breeze, Amidst our spiritual dis-ease as our shadows stretch across the land? This is the twilight of my very oeuvre, or so I fear. I fear the end is near, as though time itself were befit by grace to crawl and to walk, To seethe as fit with entropy. But, surely this is but a heinous vision? The order is so very apparent, still. Order out of Chaos... I feel as though I've fallen short. The myriad of misanthropes I've slain and had reborn, The rising tide of shedded skin that by my hands was wrought, The countless names and faces of a destitute and witless being all discarded by the Way. O', what a pity it may be to balk at one's mortality For within but a blink all is naught but dust and ash, Soil and smoke, oil and water, And the whispering of the winds As they propagate the flames. "Still, a temple stands amidst the smoulders, does it not? Did you not think that the Pilgrim's Way would be fraught With the trials and the tests of your hopes and fears laid bare upon the rocks? What great cowardice is on display, with your writhing and your self-dismay! Are you a man, are you a mouse? Or are you but a foolish child Who's come to cry out in the middle of the night? Or is it that you're divine? Born to live and born to die as the waxing and the waning of the tides. Have you come to cry? Have you come to revel in the imposition of your Exile? Tell me, Pilgrim... What is it that you seek? Because it's all so simple. Can't you see?" O', what are the chances That I would come to see with such great ease? O', so blind and weary, perspective seems so out of reach. O', what are the chances That I would come to keep a realisation held so near and deep for more than a day? I might find balance. I might find ecstasy. But I won't. So as it transpires, I'll go the only way I know, To the sea, to the song. I shall be lured unto the rocks to fall and to fail, To seek to no avail. This dance, I'll do no more, Of time's unending waltz. I've sought to no avail, I have tried and I have failed. So, this dance I'll do no more, Of time's unending waltz.

Its the last waltz The last waltz with you But that dont mean The dance is over Its the last waltz The last waltz was through But that dont mean That the party is over Oh, the last waltz The last waltz with you But that dont mean The dance is over Its the last waltz The last waltz The last waltz was through But that dont mean That the party is over.

I got to the harbor on a dirty downtown train Rowed my tiny boat back to her giant feet of clay Ma'am you don't know me but I've seen you on TV I've thought a lot about it and I'd like to set you free Take the jewelry off, throw it in the sea Was just me and Miss Liberty Was just me and Miss Liberty What's your name she asked me as she stepped into my boat Do you know where I might find a low priced overcoat Up close I could see the names, words scratched in her skin Names of towns and cities where I knew she'd never been Take my coat, told her it was free Was just me and Miss Liberty Was just me and Miss Liberty She looked like someone's mother as she stared back at the shore She said this Iron Lady just can't help you anymore I've seen many drownings but I have not left my post The gestures of their hands, the expressions on their faces Take the jewelry off, throw it in the sea Was just me and Miss Liberty Was just me and Miss Liberty She seemed kind of flustered as she rifled through her purse Think I've lost my glasses and my eyes are so much worse Tell me do I look as good as I did on TV Tell me when I'm melted down will you yet remember Take the jewelry off, throw it in the sea Was just me and Miss Was just me and Miss Was just me and Miss Liberty

They'll Come Soon I Keep Waiting... And I Wait... Won't Somebody... Save Me... And If You're Feeling Lucky... Come And Take Me Home And If You Feel Loved If You Feel Lucky, If You Feel Loved If You Feel Lucky, If You Feel Loved You've Crossed The Walls - Excelled Further Along Through Their Hell All For My Heart, I Watch You Kill You Always Have, You Always Will Now Spread Your Wings And Sail Out To Me... So If You're Feeling Lucky... Come And Take Me Home. Come And Take Me Home. Yeah If You Feel Love... (If You Feel Lucky, If You Feel Loved) Crossed The Walls - Excelled Further Along Through Their Hell For My Heart I Watch You Kill You Always Have You Always Will You Always Have And Always Will You Always Have You Always Will Spread Your Wings And Sail Out To Me...