Old Toby

from A Great Big Meteor by elder light

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Tall tales are the talk of the house.
Is it best that we whisper?
Or better told in a shout?
I've got another one,
A poison did drop down from the spout or the sky
Like your tongue on tile to the grout and below.

In the basement,
From the kitchen,
Or the attic?
I don't know.

Like my last drink or the light of the flat screen.
It's all the same to me.
I should be asleep.

In the walls, we've got a creepy crawler calling my name
Like the tamest night from the onset.
If I could be as the mouse that we trapped
With my feet hanging stiff I might be better off.

In the front room,
From the outside,
A less known life
I had stole.

I'm so sorry.
Are you lonely?
I neglected to ask.
Was that selfish?
I was only looking out for my friends.
These old walls don't do the same for them.

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from A Great Big Meteor, track released August 10, 2017

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