Oxen Hope - Mirah

You sent me off without a warning

It wasn’t just a threat and man that was no joke

Did you know you’d struck the final blow

To my faithful oxen hope

We thought we knew we wanted what we had

But you busted your side of the yoke

So I left with almost nothing but a gaping hole

Yes, I did, I really went for broke

No matter how much I weigh or like a boxer I’ve trained

Seems like the future’s always gonna have its way

Of knocking me down, should I fold or spread

My fortune hand on this hard rock bed

I don’t question, no, I don’t doubt

Now that I’ve tried living with and without

That love’s a hard, hard muscle to grow

And harder still to let it go

We’d both commandeered a ship or two

We’d had our fun, yeah, we’d had a few

But when the wheel spun round and the water flowed

We were in hip deep before we felt the cold

The rides we rode had danger in 'em

We thought we could last, we were real strong swimmers

But we got flooded, yes, we got rolled

And we both went down soon as you cut the rope

I’ve been wondering lately if ever I’ll find

Someone to hold me like you once held mine

Should I give up or should I keep on trying

Should I move on or should I keep on lying

To myself by saying it’s all better this way

But all the life is gone I had wanted to stay

And now I’ve grown up, I am ages older

And I can feel that bearing down upon my shoulders