Indigo Girls - Feed and Water the Horses Lyrics
Tell me dark heart of my deep sleepWhere the past drops in like unwanted guestsRattling their chains of thought, shuffling their feetPeering into things I thought I'd laid to restAnd for all I've left undone there's another dream to comeOnce there were wars fought over spice and saltAnd the stick of gold became the standard measureNothing much has changed in this modern ageAnd it won't until the pain's not worth the pleasureAnd for all we've left undoneThere's another war to come.I want to feed and water the horses,The course is long and dryCan't do it alone oh no we can't although we've tried and tried and triedWe may not deserve you, we'll come to serve you by and byFeed and water the horsesWhere they lie.I miss the smell of ink on paper and it's morning pullAll the news comes via link now all so virtualI don't know what to thinkI don't know what to feelThe beginning of the end or reinvention of the wheelAnd for all we've left undoneWe are still evolutionI want to feed and water the horses,The course is long and dryCan't do it alone oh no we can't although we've tried and tried and triedWe may not deserve you, we'll come to serve you by and byFeed and water the horsesWhere they lie.I realize that the beast lie there in our plansPeacefully sleeping, but faithfully keepingThey're ready for the burden manBut if you knew something (peacefully sleeping)They'd take you to something (faithfully keeping)You are dying for your burden man (they're ready for the burden man)Wouldn't you need it? (Wouldn't you need it?)Wouldn't you feed it? (Wouldn't you feed it?)Wouldn't you praise it evermore?Feed and water the horsesThe course is long and dryCan't do it alone oh no we can't although we've tried and tried and triedWe may not deserve you. We'll come to serve you by and byFeed and water the horses where they lie.
