Staying Power - Emma Ruth Rundle

I’m running, looking over my own shoulder

At the fool out on the road just getting older

And I’m cut like all the diamonds in my mind

Is that all there is?

Such a lonely prize

At all?

Does it help you to heel?

To touch your staying power?

Through the fall and the feel

No one lasts forever here

I, I have

I, I have not

I, I have naught, naught, naught

I never really meant to come out here

I never really meant to grow old

Moving like a wooden soldier

I never really meant to, never really meant get cold

But I’m running, looking over my own shoulder

At the fool out on the cliffs just getting old

And you’re soft like all the gold that’s in your sight

Is that all there is?

Such a lonely price — et al

Does it help it you to heel?

To touch your staying power?

Through the fall and the feel

That no one lives forever here?

I, I have

I, I have not

I, I have, have, have naught

And how this shiny diamond

And how it shines your eye

And how the glitter is golden

And how it shines your mind

And how this shiny diamond

And how it shines your eye

Does it help you to heal?

To touch your staying power?

Through the fog and the field

That no one lasts forever here?

I, I have

I have not

I, I have, have, have, have, have naught