Bring Me Down; or Pull Me Up To Your Love

Bring Me Down (“Pull me up to your love”)

From a collection by Gary Knapton entitled “Semantic Dissonance; or The Echelon Rink”



Cry my news from your minaret grandstands

Everything never got worse

My brain is very clever so you’re gonna have to watch me

Bring me down to earth


Shout my name from the top of your ‘thedrals

Give my ego birth

Cover my skin in humility’s ransom

Bring me down to earth


Walk my walk

See but through my eyes

Love my body for worth

Let not a waking second pass me by

Lord, bring me down to earth


Steal my gold and make me sleep outdoors

Wash my life in dearth

Talk my words and pronounce every syllable

Bring me down to earth


What was I doing before I found you ?

Songs don’t play without verse

Now I’m tone-riddled and dancing all your melodies

Bring me down to earth


I’ve never been so happy and you’re every single part of it

All that I have is from you

I’m human, I’m an idiot

Taking things for granted

Bend my knees at your pew


Slow me down and make me see daylight

Bounce me along on your dreams

Paint my life as a vellum gold tapestry

Pull me apart at the seams


I’m swollen in your love

You are living inside me

Colouring the path of my search

Six numbers in a row

And it didn’t cost me anything

Bring me down to your church


Life is rich

We are all little miracles

Moving to hysteria’s beat

Bring me down from vanity’s pedestal

Bow me down at your feet


Zen is my colour and I’m giddy like children

All of my dreams are above

Bring me down from life’s illusion

Pull me up to your love