What Holds the World Together

Lyrics

[Verse 1] The wind pulls me around And everything it touches turns weak An antique or an eyelash stuck to your cheek The paper-thin skin of a crowd, chasing you Down a lost and a dead-end trail With a guilt no alibi can curtail [Chorus] The world is held together By the wind that blows Through Gena Rowlands' hair [Verse 2] Land ahoy, I fill my weak lungs with this joy Dizzy on the deck, hoping that I last until we land With an envelope burning a hole in my hand Bearing the names of the winners who walked away From the games that the slaves love to play To replace the air and the sea Leaving you no way to fly to me [Chorus] The world is held together by the wind That blows through Gena Rowlands' hair [Verse 3] Through the window, the warm summer wind does a two-step I wish I could think of some way I could keep it And clear away the Mission Street in my head that Keeps this watery weariness in our bed and Sets up more windmills that I'll waste my time missing When it should just be your lips that I'm kissing [Bridge] Don't tell me that you don't wanna hear The clock ticking on the shelf by our bed Oh, it's so near But the light'll turn and green and leave us, just like fear There's a light turning green, leavin' us without a prayer [Chorus] The world is held together by the wind That blows through Gena Rowlands' hair The world is held together by the wind That blows through Gena Rowlands' hair