[ti:Every Tense]
[ar:Laura Stevenson]
[al:Wheel]
[offset:0]
[00:22.75]It's too bright out,
[00:30.64]The heat dries my eyes out
[00:40.25]And we, we turn over,
[00:47.00]We turn over like a wheel.
[01:13.69]No one stays here
[01:20.83]Besides devils and rockscalers,
[01:31.20]And they,
[01:33.63]They know better,
[01:37.81]They are gonna disappear
[01:43.42]But we'll be here.
[01:51.74]We will be here.
[02:01.47]Under the rough that grows itself outward
[02:06.77]Toward the four corners of the earth,
[02:10.19]Not downward.
[02:11.71]There is no water under the gravel,
[02:16.72]There are no wet-throated travelers.
[02:24.09]And we turn over,
[02:28.22]We turn over like a wheel.
[03:02.19]Under the traps of scavengers,
[03:06.08]Bat your eyes
[03:07.83]And you are wrapped up in them.
[03:12.12]Kicking of limbs and wriggling endlessly
[03:17.89]Won't set you free,
[03:20.71]You are a tumbleweed,
[03:24.34]A jumble of feeble parts,
[03:28.66]Can you even see in the dark?
[03:32.32]You're carrying all that you own,
[03:36.22]Carrying all that you own
[03:39.53]And on and on and
[03:45.11]We turn over,
[03:48.99]We turn over like a wheel.
[04:00.48]We turn over,
[04:04.17]We turn over like a wheel.
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