Woolly Mammoth's Mighty Absence

Lyrics for Woolly Mammoth's Mighty Absence

Quickly forgetting Was the way I lived my life Try telling me your name Or try telling me "don't worry" Everything I knew would quickly wither and die And all echoes would be buried in the sound Of living: the sound of my feet on the sidewalk That was me: treasure hunting, I would bury what I found That was me: a gold digger underground Quickly forgotten Was that forgetful way of life When I left home, when I lived as if I'd died Sitting on a rock and doing nothing, alone for so long In the dark I found my sight There your name was, written large in letters bright There my faith was "Worry not" declared the night In the great void of my life I could feel the shape of what was missing Like the way the woolly mammoth stands so tall and bold in our minds I was shaken at the size of my cry And the true love it described I know day is dawning now So ends my "holy night" It's back to the world I go Back to the girls and shows And all the worldly woes And their unfurling flows Will I carry myself slowly enough to remember? I sit on a dark rock doing nothing still, just crowded And there's the love In flesh and bone