If you want I will shake spears
but I will never cross your sword
I will always mince my words
when I think you need to hear
Lying still your back is sore
Pressures cause the fog to clear
Try to doubt what you hold dear
as your dress falls to the floor
Making up a new mask every day
Make it to face your task in your way
and all it is that I ask is you lay
in your own skin
In your dreams you're dressed in white
Miranda waiting on the sand
a Fevered hope for Ferdinand
and a wasted wish that Will was right
You awake and take my hand
Frame your face as my first sight
Fingers twining left in right
as I try to understand
Making up a new mask every day
Make it to face your task in your way
and all it is that I ask is you lay
in your own skin
credits
from So Rested He by the Tumtum Tree,
track released October 18, 2011
Lyrics and Music by Joshua Jonson
Lead Vocals: Hilary Reid-Collins
Backing Vocals: Raechel Burdette
Guitar, Backing Vocals and Programming: Joshua Johnson
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