Hungry Ghosts

Two Springs ago things looked much different Reflections of the once clear glass projected on the neighbors house Like moon jellyfish now cracked and boarded up Rose-ringed parakeets used to enjoy nesting there While cat hunted her next meal It seems no mix of seed and soil will bring them back now No potion rich enough to repair tampered ground And people live like this I see neighbors frown when they look over the fence People live like this. People live like this People live like I see neighbors frown when they look over the fence People live like this. People live like this People live like Hungry ghosts Like hungry ghosts Hungry ghosts Shared rituals When I lie I die Just to break them again Erda! Oh Erda! Oh Erda! Aloe treats your summer burns Adorned with carefully hand knit laces Cut you apple slices from ancient rotting trees Filth is my politics and filth is my life Filth is my backbone and filth is my lie You've seen 40 years of madness! The earth dried beneath us Stuck in a wanting loop but love is always loving you And people live like this, set on the edge of town No mix of wealth and spoils can bring them back now Love is always loving you When our needs are not met we find substitutes Drink salt water to quench our thirst Stuck in a wanting loop, we forget that love is always loving you Love is always loving you