Carbon

Tori Amos · The Original Bootlegs [2005]

Carbon-made found her at the end of a chain

"Time to race" she said

"Race the downhill"



Behind crystalline irises

Loons can dive

Where the world bleeds white



Just keep your eyes on her

Keep don't look away



Keep your eyes on

Her horizon



Bear Claw, Free Fall, a Gunner's View

Black and blue

Shred in ribbons of lithium



Blow by blow her mind cut in sheets

Layers deep

Now unraveling



Just keep your eyes on her

Keep don't look away



Keep your eyes on

Her horizon



Get me Neil on the line, no i can't hold

Have him read

"Snow Glass Apples"

Where nothing is what it seems



"Little sis' you must crack this"

He says to me

"You must go in again

Carbon-made only wants to be unmade"

Blade to ice it's

Double Diamond time



And keep your eyes on her

Keep don't look away



Keep your eyes on

Her eyes on her horizon

Her eyes on her horizon