Verse
Moving Day
Jeremy Hurtt•
now it holds something less
Verse 1
Standing in the doorwayAn aching in my chestThis place once held amoreNow it holds something lessThe last box is almost readyThe floors are all swept bareAnd though my legs are heavyI know they can make it thereThe deal has been concludedThe pictures are out of their framesThey disabuse the deludedThings can ever stay the same
Chorus
The young men take the memoriesThey carry with out-thrust chestsTo a new place under the elm treesFar from all of this messThe home must stay behind youThough your body might go on awayI have stood still for far too longBut now it's moving day
Verse 2
Standing in the doorwayA longing on my breathOnce you are used to getting your wayRebirth seems close to deathI wonder at days of childhoodWhen paths were all fully pavedAnd shudder at the wildwoodNow closing in on my wayWhere once were well-known windowsThere are visions all out of frameThey crucify hands that trembledA thing I wish could have remained
Chorus
The young men take the memoriesThey carry with out-thrust chestsTo a new place under the elm treesFar from all of this messThe home must stay behind youThough your body might go on awayI have stood still for far too longBut now it's moving day
Bridge
I have a new place for diningI have a chair with a viewTo ponder well while recliningOn the old giving birth to the newThe record is back to its first grooveIt turns for another to playWe fall when we stand still for too longAnd now it's moving day I had stood still for far too longBut now it's moving day
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