Different Songs

A man singing out from an ivory tower
A man singing out from the trash in the gutter
People singing out from the space between
Everyone else in the space between

A lover singing out from a warm bedside
A lover singing out from the cold of the night
A lover singing mouth pressed to hear ear
He’s singing so loud that she has to hear

So many different songs
So many different songs

A kid singing out from the gambling streets
Where only the luckiest lives complete
A kid singing out in dying scorn
Cause of blood, cause of money, cause of where he was born

A man singing out from the edge of a line
A man singing out with a fire inside
He’s singing as he wrestles his family tree
He says “I’m wrestling the blood that runs through me.”

So many different songs
So many different songs

The chorus is always the same
It’s longing, it’s love, it’s hope, it’s pain
Some just sing along with the melody
Some are singing out against what should never be

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I’m singing to you from the downtown core
You’re singing to me from the ocean’s shore
We’re singing together for the space between
We’re singing now for the space between