Paul Michael White Jr. - To Know Everything Is lyrics

She speaks to you in a language you don't understand You close your eyes, hear the meaning in these words There's a terrible weight that bears down on this town Brought down upon by the misguided fortitude of man You look up She's gone away You'll return to this place To sit & wait A man collapsed on the sidewalk heated by the sun The streetlights reach for him, to hold him down As the powerline cocoons him, they lick their lips He falls now through this winding tar esophagus It's quiet now For the time of day Her presence shadows you She feels the same