Burning Jacob's Ladder

Dreams stripped down beyond firelight

I would go over but my only coat’s soft white

And seeing things unreal

God knows what that stain

And what comes crawling back again

Tears a harbor

Down to the thorny altar

I’m afraid i might fade away

It’s to the blood we sing and burn

Thousand blackbirds on a string return

There’s a solitary sun too high

Gone without the chosen one, goodbye

The ashes scatter

Burning jacob’s ladder

I’m afraid i might fade away

Rage untethered

The soul a stony desert

I’m afraid i might fade away