Broken Drums from Heaven by Alice Bierhorst

Broken Drums
©1996 Alice Bierhorst/BMI

These BROKEN DRUMS
Discarded hearts that we heap up in our corners
This arc of diamonds in the dark
Extinguished with daylight

These faintly beating
Keeps us alive like a motor
We're feasting on what remains everyday
Dimly conscious of their source

CHORUS
And I promised you I'd never grow old
I'd stay virginal, the child you admired
Like a mastodon frozen in time
I'd stay physical, a streak of white light

You said I'd never be trusted again
You said you'd haunt me until the end

These broken dreams
We let them burn down just like candles in the dark
These swallowed tears rusted inside
No longer graceful in our judgments

CHORUS

And I promised you I'd never grow old
I'd stay virginal, the child you admired
False promises never meant to keep
The world just kept on turning

These BROKEN DRUMS
Discarded hearts that we heap up in our corners

• Cowboy Junkies
• Kirsten Hersh
• Mazzy Star
• Nick Drake
• Pop
• creepfolk
• New York