Drained Cups

from The Wolf at the Door by Ben Mish

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DRAINED CUPS

The wood breaks and the room is humming
There are pine needles on the floor
The wall shakes, ’cause the riders are coming
I didn’t think they came around here no more
And the horn blasts while the oven is churning
The light draws pictures on the wall
We all come at last, but the fire’s still burning
And there’s the dimplet in the hall
There’s my comrade and his eyes are blazin’
And his words are piping hot
To see the evening as it isn’t
He takes a sip from his melting pot
He says, “Hey friend you think I’m quite dangerous
‘Cause I’m stumbling and small”
I say, “No man, but I’m tendentious
Do I scorn you? Not at all, man, not at all”
‘Cause we’re long gone
The cups were tall and long
Now they’re long gone
But we’ll roll on
Now there’s just drained cups
It’s a long night and the smiles are plenty
Rosy cheeks and smoky sentences
Maybe a fight or a song-burst of the many
Cups full of grog and repentance, yeah
There’s confusion and the radio is howling
A fine time around midnight
The cups are sung and the stomachs are growling
The night sings and the air becomes tight
There’s a cup that teeters on the table
‘Neath the pale of the oak-room light
This night has nothing for me, I’m unable
To get myself out of here and into sight
She speaks to me, the brown haired woman
As I drink and try to touch the dawn
She says, “Why do you sink to the moment?”
I say, “The brilliance I possess is now long gone”
She says, “You’re such a romantic sort of fellow,
Perhaps you feel a bit too much”
I say, “You’ve nailed it, my hopes were far from mellow
But they’ve since scattered and left me with this drained cup”
‘Cause we’re long gone
The cups were tall and long
Now they’re long gone
But we’ll roll on
Now there’s just drained cups

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from The Wolf at the Door, released June 7, 2018

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Ben Mish writes songs and performs them frequently.

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