ANOTHER BLUE EARTH

I dangle my feet off the edge of the world
Where the river plain willow trees weep
Waiting for the end of the world
Where the wild rivers rush to the sea

The mundane and the mythical
How gracefully, they waltz
In the pale neon glow of the amusement parks
Hand in hand on the glittering street

The weather is so wild out here
I draw a shallow breath
There are pink motels and dollar stores
There are palm trees at the end

Maybe I missed it when I was asleep
And this is the afterlife
Maybe the lightning cracked open the sky
And revealed another blue earth

How vividly I've always dreamed
Finding galaxies in one grain of sand
There are sun-bleached shells and cactus flowers
White sand and blue sea at the end

I've had these visions since I was young
Where I find another blue earth
I stand on the dunes and I start to fly
The heavens crash into the earth

I cannot say that I fear the end
'Cause for me, it has already come
A tidal wave washed over me
I drowned the same way I was born

So now this is the afterlife
And I am letting go
Shaking off the fever dream
Looking up to the sun from below

I have learned to breath underwater
For some peace, at long last, I have searched
Another planet has been discovered
Scientists say it looks just like the earth

I dangle my feet off the edge of the world
Where the river plain willow trees weep
Making my peace at the end of the world
Where the wild rivers rush to the sea.