glassy eyes and parting lips
hold my fingers at the tips
smile through an aching face
wishing all the words away
candles glowing in the dark
two inches or miles apart
wishing for a different night
leaning slowly towards the light
no one wonders no one moves
an air of silence in the room
i’d make light in a better mood
but all these shadows look like you
when the rain has all run dry
and in conviction shut my eyes
i look slowly to the sky
i still loved him on that night
when did the swing lose it’s creak
and swing back and forth silently
and when did the stars cease to be
not beauty but astronomy
when did the battles in our mind
end up taking all our time
not paper shields and wooden swords
but love and passion and all out war
when did the monsters in my dreams
come in the form of other things
and earn my trust entierly
to show what evil must truly be
when did our friendship turn to games
soft melodies all laced with pain
i remember you when you were still thirteen
before you saw such wicked things
when did our towers turn to walls
our treasure caverns to schoolhouse halls
echoed ghosts to shouting souls
young and stupid and losing control
when did the earth turn so cold?
darling when did we get so old?
you leave like the wind
pull yourself out of bed
tie your tie and look at me
you pace back and forth
your faith on the floor
shut your eyes to look at me
i’m not coming along this time
no i’m not going with you tonight
but i will be here
i will always be here to wait for you
i will always be here for you
i found my heroes safe and sound
tucked away in bed
i found my solice in the clouds
so there i kept my head
and in the sunlight i have found
a brand new kind of peace
the sanity in knowing that no good ever came
is smiling truly a pretty thing
or is it just a lie
to cover up the truth of things
and cloud the human mind
and am i really smiling
would you even care
if i smiled my way into the grave
and found no heaven there
it reappears and reoccours
i bound my shadows in hope
and attach these things like fallen dreams
to tie a noose with somebody’s rope
and would they be at fault if i
should hang it from a tree
and everyone would say i died
with the rope you’ve given me
but no my dear, it seems your safe
my silly words are spent
for you cant take the blame for a rope you never lent.
give me something to believe in
my wells are running dry
and everything i cling to
washes off along the tide
and everyone i run to
just eludes the starting line
give me something to belive in
it might just save my life
still there is loyalty
still there is faith
that i will heal
that things will change
i have conviction
i have grace
i have everything but strength
are you able?
are you there
i’ve been calling
do you care
that i’m fading
that im lost
this hurt wasnt worth the cost
still there are serpents
still there is peace
still there you are
but i havent seen me
