Stray I follow
And her words are hollow
Like the rings round her eyes
Everything lives and dies
And she can't shake the spectre
That hides in the window
So she finds love
But it isn't in him though
And the monsters don't drag
Her out of the bed
In the morning
Do I wreck your head
Or can you contain what I say
I like you, is that okay
But I don't agree with all you do
Or how you justify it to you too
And I'm down with all of the vibes
You emulate
And you call my bluff on fate
But something weaves
Its way in and out of thread
I choose myself instead
Of the same damn old fight
Burning in the firelight
And it's something serene
Do I really crack the dream
Open like an egg on the pan
Does anyone know who I am
Coz I think he did
But then I hid
And he bought the lie
But I had to try
To tell the truth
But I'm just selling my youth
And auctioning it to the highest bidder
And the thoughts in my own head make me shiver
With the terror of movement going
And now the wind is snowing
In the middle of spring
Did I really give up everything
Just to get to New York
The road bends just beyond the fork
And I can't choose
Based on what I've left to lose
I must be pulled though
And it's the sight of you
That's driving me on
True Love isn't gone
She’s got it on lock The dark she is not She’s stellar, she’s a star And I wonder what you are As we fight to keep our heads above water Swimming in currents that aim for caught her As we span the ocean in a gaze I wonder how many people she’s saved As she throws a glance like a dagger across the room And I dunno how to work the zoom Function on my camera But I just tie my bandana Red around my head And there have been so many left dead By the dark side of the human psyche I keep wondering what it is that ignite me So I can burn like a fire in the hearts of men Is it going to happen again Or have we turned a corner on life on earth Is there depth to transcend the hurt Or will the storm come to rage once more I knock a rap upon the door Coz I have to be let in I know that there’s something there in him That can spin a dial so right I walk by the light In your window Is it a sin though To see what’s really beating a heart If we abdicate do we take part In the slow drive to floor The ground that crashes to meet us, a stór Or can stars hold space For us as we lay waste To all we’ve known Have the people grown Up and out of a tendency But I feel the collective pull at me To get me to identify But I can’t let the children cry For what we’ve done to them and us Is it a mirror of broken trust That we catch ourselves upon We’re going down but love isn’t gone Not yet or forever Can we be the sky that knows the weather That spins a chrysalis As a diamond kiss The pressure that we’ve known thus far I feel like we can only drive this car A certain length down the road Has our maturity showed As we stand up to the shelter I close my eyes coz this is a belter
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