Lili McGovern: Music
no crumbs
(Lili McGovern)
“Here’s a rorschach, what do you see?”
A butterfly winking at me…
“There’s no right answer,” the stranger says
I silently agree
“You have to make a choice today, who will it be?”
She’s asking me as if I have a say
Why’s she asking me?
And something’s stuck in my throat
It doesn’t matter who I choose
My choice will damn me…
Mom’s begging me to say it’s her
Dad’s crying in the leaves
My brother’s too young to understand
They’re gonna separate him & me
I don’t wanna say what I know
I don’t wanna know what I need
Every time she asks me who I choose
The butterfly says, “let’s fly free...”
‘Cause something’s stuck in my throat
It doesn’t matter who I choose
My choice will damn me
It’s not right
It’s not right
It’ll never be right again
No crumbs to find my way back home
No way back home…
“Here’s a rorschach, what do you see?”
A butterfly winking at me
Butterfly says, “hold your tongue,”
Butterfly says, “thy will be done,”
Thy will be done
Thy will be done
They will be….