I have mapped the cupboards and drawers
Tracked the least-walked spots on the floor
Happy to be home, safe and warm
As shadows by their feet, the odd vanishing treat
Quietly eating while they sleep

So hereu0027s where Iu0027ll be raising my kids
If I can find someone to start a family with
Till then I dream of the day my odds and ends fit
Iu0027ll wake up, thereu0027ll be food on the stove forever
And never want for more

Is there cheese in the great beyond?
Rinds of parmesan, wine to water, night from dawn
Life gets shorter, teeth grow long
Mind me not and Iu0027ll mind my own, and my mindu0027s
Not one bite smaller or lesser than yours
Do I belong in “right and wrong?”
Nature, I guess.

One night one flung light through this place
So I run for cover, over under, left the rind out on the plate
Little heart racing and praying “something keep me safe,
I think it saw my face, okay,
One hungry day is nothing, come what may.”

But then winter came inside for three nights
Left me grinding my teeth between my walls and gripping my dreams tight
Curled up kept my head up and put up the fight
Iu0027ll make it through again. I have before. Come on now, whatu0027s one more?

Is there cheese in the great beyond?
Rinds of parmesan, wine to water, night from dawn
Life gets shorter, teeth grow long
Mind me not and Iu0027ll mind my own, and my mindu0027s
Not one bite smaller or lesser than yours
Do I belong in “right and wrong?”
Nature, I guess.


Spring bloomed in the kitchen again
So I crawled out of the wall and squinting
Saw hope on the stovetop just like Iu0027d always imagined it
More than I could eat, my dreams were finally reality
My struggles had a happy ending, they must want to be friends!

My stomach starts to turn, with thirst, why does it hurt?
My just desert is served, dig in.

And so I stumble back to bed
Somethingu0027s not quite right. Guess Iu0027ll just go rest my head
Now as I lay me down to sleep
I expect no dreams, and no sweet goodbye to me
Flatline in the morning light. I held on so tight for so long
Itu0027s just not right, let a sigh out as I close my eyes.
Was that all there was to this?
Whatu0027s for the best?

Is there cheese in the great beyond?
Whatu0027s the moon made of? Meet me there after Iu0027m gone
Life gets shorter, teeth grow long
Mind me not and Iu0027ll mind my own and my mind
Held the same light as the one in your eyes.

Do I belong in “right and wrong?”
One dies alone? And why? Donu0027t know.
Goodbye. So long.
To mice in homes.

Nature, I guess.
Nature, I guess.
Nature, I guess.