the sun beats down upon the darker days
the light that peeks out through the morning haze
the smell of smoke that fills you
and the endless ropes that pull you
in a thousand different ways to run away
the walls have taken on a different shape
whisper that your faults are my mistake
at silent times I hear it
the fear that's closed within it
again and up and over for its sake
close your eyes to the
sad disguise
helpless cries
caught in your headlights
symphonies of noises sing to you
deaf to all your friends who laugh at you
like blaring car alarms
your only focus is on
holding on to what you hope is true
laugh it off as if it's nothing new
bite your tongue and hope it passes through
the creeping feeling that
your moments over and
you grabbed on something bigger than you knew
you feel the urgency; the cumbersome mundane
to punch your clock and hope it punches back again
you sing yourself to sleep
in lying lullabies and
hoping that tomorrow you'll find peace
close your eyes to the
sad disguise
helpless cries
caught in your headlights
clear
as an old brass bell
the calling that you hear
is just another new career and that you're
scared
by what they all will say
a moment that draws nearer as it
scorches all who feel it
called
by any other name
hushed in muted voices
by a guise of being joyless and we're
saved
by silent moving waves
the seas of sound that wash away
the pain that you let fall away and
when the time comes it fills you
and drops you to your knees
serenading the fear out
and pulling you down with me
moved
driven half insane
wandering endless highways and I'm
running from the guidance of the
slaves
to signs of the unrest
the bleary eyed; the brightest
hushed by endless screaming silence and I
stoke
a violent, fitful flame
the carelessness that feeds it
with nobody to police it and it's
held
closer than your name
failing to recall
to hit the ground before you fall away and
when the time comes it fills you
and drops you to your knees
serenading the fear out
and pulling you down with me
the castle's built on kerosene
our cities buzz and hum
doorways filled with hungry eyes
their heels set on the sun
the burning, brimming tide has come to wash away whats done
a high rise that burns brighter than an incandescent bulb
feel
it shake your fears
the reason
it's happening
time
won't change anything
we're watching
and waiting
the path you tread
split off against the friends you thought you knew
moving ever backwards as you watch them slip from view
trampling on many in an attempt to save the few
the walls are closing in, as you forget what once was true
the moving lines across the sky cause men to tie their tongues
scrutinized, by watchful eyes
thrown down to the last rung
the streets are thick with ill intent
to undo what was done
trade momentary freedom for a life on iron lungs
fake the symptoms
of a quite incurable disease
pack away the laughter
as it forces your misdeeds
one small step in my direction is all you will need
to coax it out its hiding place
if only I could breathe
feel
it shake your fears
the reason
it's happening
time
won't change anything
we're watching
and waiting
break down a new feeling's door
their hallways and their corridors
there is no way of knowing where your thoughts are
the churning waves; beneath the seas that swallow
feel the empty dive in
cold as morning rides in
careless winds that blow in
of what, was once and has been
weightless as a stone in flight
thoughts night tends to amplify
pretending to be fearless as I listen
to another soapbox preacher's failing vision
near as it draws back to you
clear as a frustrated view
the only chance you ever had to fit in
built up upon by the lie you chose to live in
feel the empty dive in
cold as winter slides in
careless winds that blow in
of what, was once and has been
when
you find the time, to let
worldly desire
to melt against
silent hidden fires
to burn against
crawling out the mire
to turn against
everything you've known
they turn a different shade of blue
the skies and heavy tides that wash away what's new
another time that you'll pursue
held at arm's length while it's staring back at you
i want to float above the earth
all the stories told of insufficient worth
the heads that never stop to work
weaving streams of cars, and no cause for concern
when the shameless cry around some withered sign
where do you go to run and hide?
the weathered faces heave another empty sigh
another dreams' hung out to dry
the cracks that widen at the seams
running ragged is not quite as easy as it seems
begin to scream behind the wheel
they're staring back at you, and questioning what's real
greedy eyes subside to nothing
the shaking palms that grab at something
the bloodshot eyes shaken by
the ruthless smile that I
wish I could erase and then unsee
the stars can never guide the ones who trust in their positions
hopeless as your plans that never came into fruition
the dream that steals your sleep; to lie in bed and keep on wishing
when you will know
metal monoliths that tower over sleeping cities
the ivory never looked so eerie
the heavy air you breathe, the hazy fog that leaves you feeling
stuck at the door
the signpost leads you down another road with no direction
searching endlessly, you find out
the beaten path bends back, leading into your reflection
gazing glassy eyed you move back into the world
endless mechanized the shouts that scream in my direction
led by others set on tying me to their obsessions
the thing I held so dear; it ended up a misconception
and back to the start
the air is thick with haze of promises of better days and
the talking heads preoccupy and chide who run towards them
swimming upstream in a raging tide I can't comprehend
with nowhere to go
laugh at your demise
and sigh as I decide
to find a better side
the signpost leads you down another road with no direction
searching endlessly, you find out
the beaten path bends back, leading into your reflection
gazing glassy eyed you move back into the world
you're left behind
to ruminate in the old times
dusty, rusted memories of youth
my mind is swayed
again and after an odd rhyme
pulled in by the promises of truth
when the winds of change blow down the world you thought you knew
the desperate, helpless signs are
fed right back into your view
the cries you scream for freedom
amidst the prophecies of gloom
the weight of all the world weighs down and you can't help but to consume
the rear view mirror reflects the time that you burned while
feeling past what fell into your eyes
illuminating, reframing that which you won't find
chained inside this present moment's rhyme
the cluttered streets that sing to you
the moment stands and looms
and everywhere you've gone leads on to another empty room
the static sings out dissonance
the skies are tuned to gray
but the sun behind the clouds
is worth whatever price I'd pay