Anna Madorsky

Lyrics

If I could conjure up hope like an incantation
that’s what I would do
If I could guarantee a love for all, it’s because I’d like to
“All your double thinking is just one of your phases” she said
Yes, but your accusations don’t help me to change this
Besides, this world is a graveyard for good ideas
I give myself a long hard look in the mirror, am I ready for this?
All those things that cling longer than you have expected
is nothing we can dismiss
One body is drifting untethered too close to its sun
And as for me I am dangerously close to the fire
This world is a graveyard for good ideas
The value of a good poker face is that no matter what happens
you don’t have to change your place
Keep it dry enough to float but never fly
We carved those older stories out of stone in the night
too fearful we’d be hated for our secret lives
But independent of all these things is life’s grim realities
To lapse momentarily out of this
this obsessive consciousness, there’s no doubt I can resist
I made a good argument that I missed
Is in me the ability to rise above buoyancy?
A flash of brilliant white light
(If I could conjure up love oh I would)
Tonight I might believe anything or ride on a changing wind
(My incantation to conjure up love)
I’ll ask this and listen tuned in
But just this once and I will never, I’ll never ask again
If I could conjure up love, it’s because I’d like to