Grateful - Patti Smith

Ours is just another skin

Simply slips away

You can rise above it

It will shed easily

It all will come out fine

I’ve learned it line by line

One common wire

One silver thread

All that you desire

Rolls on ahead

Like a ship in a bottle

Held up to the sun

Sails ain’t going nowhere

You can count everyone

Until it crashes unto the earth

Simply slips away

You can hide in the open

Or just disappear

It all will come out fine

I’ve learned it line by line

One common wire

One silver thread

All that you desire

Rolls on ahead

Ours is just a craving

And a twist of the wrist

Will undo the stopper

With abrupt tenderness

Die little sparrow

And awake singing

It all will come out fine

I’ve learned it line by line

One common wire

One silver thread

All that you desire

Rolls on ahead