Animal Life

B F# E Abm F# B Born inside the gates of a family F# Hardened by a Roman machinery E Cast among the building sites Abm F# The coiling wires, the shots collected B Called out in the wake of a lottery F# Held inside the family gathering E Mirrored beams and dog-like stretch Abm F# A wandering association E Abm F# Murmurs in the dark confessional E Abm F# And rides along the road, ephemeral B As an animal life B Rusting in the shade of the batteries F# Hanging from a rope in the gallery E Pacing down the balance beams Abm F# Of half-remembered holidays B No rush of light, no sun or belonging F# No joy in building, love in the finishing E Chasing down an anodyne Abm F# And half-reflected radiance E Abm F# To hide below the ancient barricade E Abm F# In chambers like the rooms a swallow made B For an animal life B F# E Abm F# B F# E Abm F# B Charging down the maw of the ocean F# I want to come close, I want to come closer E I held your name inside my mouth Abm F# Through all the days out wandering B But called up from the mouth of oblivion A Cast away like dogs from the shelter E I shed the dulling armor plates Abm F# That once collected radiance E Abm F# And, surging at the blood's perimeter: E Abm F# The half remembered wild interior B Of an animal life B F# E Abm F#