I really liked this one and it was top of my rankings ‘til DJRD turned up with her lofispookfest.
(Vom Vorton)
I used to wake up for good reason,
but now it’s mostly habit.
Any chance to think of you
and my brain will surely grab it.
I’m not sure if it’s late or early;
it’s far too dark to see
that one hand points to twenty
and the other is just a little after three.
The house… it seems so silent.
I guess that’s how it should be.
But when you shared it with me...
I never thought it would be.
The echoes of your voice…
They haunt my memory.
My phone blinks to remind me
that the time is twenty past three.
The sound of claws on carpet,
the sound of paws in gravel
are not what have awoken me…
My brain starts to unravel.
There was a time I’d wake up
to the sounds of fear and violence
but nowadays my eyes are wide
in silence.
I really liked this one and it was top of my rankings ‘til DJRD turned up with her lofispookfest.
surprised but delighted to have won this round! It’s extremely rare that I write a song this serious / sincere and I always feel a bit nervous about it. My parents’ cat died last week which got me thinking about how much I missed my old cat Henry, who would frequently wake me up in the middle of the night during the last couple of years of his life due to a series of health problems. I thought I’d check Biblical references as well and the one I picked from Revelations made me smile because it made me imagine Henry pacing the house at 3:20am bellowing “BEHOLD! I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK!”, demanding to be let into the bedroom.