WHOSE FAULT BUT MINE

Whose fault but mine?  
I was blind, I fell behind
The silver bells that chime  
Through every street
Back and forth in rhyme

Yes I hear them sing
And they sing for me
In half-remembered dreams
They sing for me 

Whose fault but mine?
I looked up from my windowsill
And every sun aligned
In every sky over Mission Hill

Are all these strangers
Only passerby?
I thought I knew them well
But my senses lie  

Whose fault but mine?
Phantoms rise and in shapes converge
And all down the line  
They're gone again in a spiral surge

Soot in sunlight
Oh my soul I am reclaimed
Despite all I thought
I am reclaimed 

Whose fault but mine?  
I was blind, I fell behind
The seven bells that chime  
Down River Street
Back and forth in rhyme  

Whose fault but mine?
Whose fault but mine?