Witheren - Footnote Lyrics

Walking ahead into the wind
Shifting our weight on swollen feet
Peeling a rag from broken skin
Scratching at blisters gone diseased

Breathing the thickness of the air
Spilling dust into our lungs
Reading sorrow in a stare
Hearing rhymes that stay unsung

Shielding our eyes from every flame
Sinking our face into our hands
Placing our faith in something great
Something we think we understand

To make uncertain seem like sure
Unstable footing seem secure
To make it all mean something more
To leave a mark that might endure

But in the end these efforts frail
Are each eclipsed on larger scales
Of exploding galaxies
Unstirred by tragedies
A universe of small mercies