Two Fields Over

Lyrics

But we had planned, meet in the woods
To fish and sit and fish until
They went their way so we’d move on
The boat would drift and we’d recall

We planned to drive, to sit and drive
Till we arrived, to talk and drive
Till we arrived, we’d move on to
Something else

We had planned to eat and drink
And eat and laugh and laugh and sit
And then we’d sleep, sleep and dream
We’d dream with loons, wind, and waves

We had planned to walk around
The lake and stop where the small stream
Feeds the lake and does it search
For something else?

But I was not there
I was so occupied
Always planning to be your friend
Be running too fast would I
That you left without me

And you can see, close your eyes
You sit and close your eyes and love
You love your wife and then forget
Hold your son, he slips away
Your daughter’s smile can’t recognize
Son gets up, you close your eyes
You call for them, screaming now
Where have they gone?

But I was not there
I was so occupied
Always planning to be your friend
Be running too fast would I
That you left without me

And they say you can’t find your son
And they say you can’t find your wife
And they say you’re crying and scared
That someone will take away the self
That you also, you also cannot find

I’m like a child, I’m in your class
I watch you teach, your students say
You care so much, they’re ready now
To go with you, to understand

I’ll close my eyes, we’re in the boat
Across the lake, you raise the line
The time has come, release the fish
And you have found something else
Something else