Fools and Jesters

from Story For Another Storm by Chris Webb

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When you're sad he said to always be as sad as you can be
When short days and early nights came to threaten me
A winter full of smoke rings and broken violins
A winter full of dynamite and seven deadly sins

And once I found the antidote to me
I poisoned it by falling free
We swore off love and let the others know
But soon enough those fires did glow

Well I'd make a cup of tea and let the son of a bitch go cold
An excuse to make another like my buddy had foretold
As cider flowed through evenings it pushed me up to walls
And I had to say "I love you" just so someone would feel whole

And once I found the antidote to me
I poisoned it by falling free
We swore off love and let the others know
But soon enough those fires did glow

Then soon enough as robins flew from seasonal to cold
I took a lady climbing cause the charm was getting old
She told me I was wrong when we looked up through a hole
And we saw a star was winking like a fire burning coal

And once I found the antidote to me
I poisoned it by falling free
We swore off love and let the others know
But soon enough those fires did glow

Then by January we knew that it was useless to resist
A walk in sand forgotten by the story on your lips
Me a fool, you a jester, making only ourselves laugh
While the days were getting longer, you found my other half

And once I found the antidote to me
I poisoned it by falling free
We swore off love and let the others know
But soon enough those fires did glow
And once we told each other all those things
That lovers do when birds can't sing
We knew we'd found a story fit for kings
Then winter fled to let in spring

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from Story For Another Storm, released March 23, 2016

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