Surrounded by a darkness I can’t profess
And all the people just undress
And give lie to the love
That was gifted them from above 
And I know it’s old fashioned to say 
But I never could roll that way 
Like the punches are not drunk 
But my ship has already sunk 
In the ocean of recompense 
Everything is the present tense
And if you think there’s a past or a future 
Then you are just ripping the suture 
Open where the wound was healed
I looked down and the blood congealed 
On my knee
I fell while running from destiny
And he wasn’t there to catch my hand
But I understand 
Or at least I claim I do
All the while holding a grudge against you 
Why don’t you burst right in the door
And tell me you want me more
Than anything or anyone 
And I know your sun
Revolves around an earth I don’t see
Or am I Gallilean in my mystery
With my telescope 
And eyes trained on a sky to hope
That the shooting star is me
Not old light echoing from history
That has long since died 
And I never cried
When she brushed my hair
Because love just wasn’t there