Taps Reversed Lyrics - Provincial - John K. Samson

All the unpaid bills 

Wrestling interest rates 

While past-due dates wait with their boutonnieres 

And the slumping bike 

Strangled with a lock 

That we forgot the combination to 

The old house drinks everything we hide 

And hums sad songs that keep us up all night 

With the doorknobs loose 

And the pipes that burst 

With the fuses blown 

And the taps reversed 

The calender requests 

A meeting to discuss 

The time we waste: "When would be good for you?" 

And the sidewalk cracks 

Spell the way back home 

In one uninterrupted palindrome 

The old house keeps all of our receipts 

In envelopes secured with rubber bands 

Oh, the blinking snow 

And the dark dispersed 

With a smear removed 

With our taps reversed