Pondering my own sentience
I lie on the sitting room floor
And there’s dust on my trousers
And hounds at the door
Coz there’s something in the silence
That keeps me still awake
And I’ve outgrown the cuts
And the people that call me fake
For just being as I am 
And doing as I do
I was not placed upon this earth
Just to please you
And you’ve got people in the sunshine
People in the summer
You don’t know it at the time
But when they call your number
You must be ready to stand up
For all and sundry around
I close my eyes and feel
It in my ears as my heart pounds
To remind me that I’m living
For another steady beat
And there was some darkness
And walking on the street
Just to fill a gap
That was never empty
It’s been so long in years
Since I was twenty
But I’m still pretty young
So I guess that it’s okay
I’ll just bite my nails 
Until the break of day