Apothecary Lyrics

Ryan Macellaro Apothecary

The light by your window is a sign that what you have believed all alone is true

When you wake up so sudden with me on your mind

know this is not a game

I'll tell you right now what I've known all along

now that you're really awake


You paced awhile you danced awhile

the people weighed upon your back

You searched awhile through attic tiles

for precious things from older days

and Lo! behold what thing you found

lodged in a chest behind the door

a map which brags a netherworld

a bottle filled with glowing sand


Wait for me I am coming

Move your feet to the door

I've passed the streets to the mooring

You'll need your fear no more.


Believe you did the lucent glass

the world beyond is at our heels

I'll rent a boat you read the map

the Northwest Passage not too far to go

The farthest gate, and now you know

the place exists because my dear

A bottle cannot glow like that

without a power greater than this world


Wait for me I am coming

Move your feet to the door

We'll sail the seas to the morning

to the place we'll weep no more


For we're replacing the feeling that we all belong

with small talk and bed sheets and lullaby songs

we all are hearing the same voice in our heads

but we throw out our needles and just keep our threads

for we can't define what is true

we can't decide what is real.