Song for Jonathon

from Skunk by August West

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Jonathon you have so much to prove to yourself
but they don't really seem to believe you
or like you
but jonathon, you have so much to lose, and you will
fly south by yourself, its the only way to really
FEEL like yourself, feel like yourself
the flock back home cut you off their rope
and the ocean feels like concrete
but the sky must meet somewhere in between
where it is youre from & where youre going.

When i was 9 years old i lived with my mother at crossroads.
There i saw you in the TV room-
you were on VHS stacked on top of Scooby-Doo
my mother put you on the TV
and I watched that bird while she attended a meeting
that afternoon i learned just what it really means
to not know what you are but still know just what you need.

A single seagull takes up the whole sky
like the night before
he's a shooting star on Earth
He's the fastest diving bird
the sun god made way for his ways
cut out boredom, anger, and fear
he was excommunicated- so it goes that he was lifted!
If the tower did not fall, he'd be the same as all seagulls
but why does this have to hurt?
Why can't I just be loved?
Well you are and you'll find that out!
its deeper down than those fish you've found-
but if you truly seek it you might not come back up.

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from Skunk, released February 24, 2019

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