Block Tower

from Tumble Child by Riley Godleski

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Block tower to build and a block tower to topple down
For every mistake
and rule that you break
There's another one to make
Pieces - only in peaces can we afford
to build and build and build all over again

It should've been easier to find
a tower that could stand the test of time
Half the time building up the walls
Could have been spent learning how they fall

Circles running in circles tracing around
the patterns of the past
But if you do the math there's a spiral in your path
You've been gone for a long time wasting away
To build and build and build until it comes down

It should've been easier to find
a tower that could stand the test of time
Half the time building up the walls
Could have been spent learning how they fall

When the work is done
What will you do?
All that is new will become old again
When the work is done
What will you be?
Who will carry all of your pieces home?
'Cause every time you die you are reborn
A child unto the storm
A stranger to the form

Block tower to build and a block tower to topple down
For every mistake
and rule that you break
There's another one to make
When the Work is done the work is done
When the Work is done the work is done
When the Work is done the work is done

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from Tumble Child, released May 24, 2016

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