The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!

Thinking outrageously, I write in cursive, I

Hide in my bed with the lights on the floor

Wearing three layers of coats and leg warmers, I

See my own breath on the face of the door

Oh, I am not quite sleeping

Oh, I am fast in bed

There on the wall in the bedroom creeping

I see a wasp with her wings outstretched

North of Savanna, we swim in the Palisades

I come out wearing my brother's red hat

There on his shoulder, my best friend is bit seven times

He runs, washing his face in his hands

Oh, how I meant to tease him

Oh, how I meant no harm

Touching his back with my hand, I kiss him

I see the wasp on the length of my arm

Oh, great sights upon this state, hallelu-

Wonders bright, and rivers, lake, hallelu-

Trail of Tears and Horseshoe Lake, hallelu-

We were in love, we were in love, Palisades, Palisades, I can wait, I can wait

Trusting things beyond mistake, hallelu-

We were in love, we were in love, Palisades, Palisades, I can wait, I can wait

We were in love, we were in love, Palisades, Palisades, I can wait, I can wait

Lamb of God, we sound the horn, hallelujah

We were in love, we were in love, Palisades, Palisades, I can wait, I can wait

We were in love, we were in love, Palisades, Palisades, I can wait, I can wait

To us, your ghost is born, hallelu-

I can't explain the state that I'm in

The state of my heart, he was my best friend

Into the car, from the backseat

Oh, admiration in falling asleep

All of my powers, day after day

I can tell you we swaggered and swayed

Deep in the tower, the prairies below

I can tell you the telling gets old

Oh, great sights upon this state, hallelu-

Terrible sting and terrible storm, I can tell you the day we were born

Wonders bright, and rivers, lake, hallelu-

My friend is gone, he ran away, I can tell you I love him each day

Trail of Tears and Horseshoe Lake, hallelu-

Though we have sparred, wrestled and raged, I can tell you I love him each day

Trusting things beyond, mistake, hallelu-

We were in love, we were in love, Palisades, Palisades, I can wait, I can wait

Terrible sting and terrible storms, I can tell you