The sunset drives in the city
The moon takes off in flight
What fades to sullen shadows
Loses direction in the night.
Hearts left under streetlamps
Packaged with a bow
Waiting for redemption
In an ambivalent amber glow.
Questions pace the pavement
Fueled by expectations
Disappointment douses out
The flames of fabrication.
Escape sits on a rooftop
With dreams yet to be met
Tomorrow-chase the sunrise
As a sentimental silhouette.
She disconnected.
There's empty space,
Just broken mirrors on the floor.
What's real is what has been real all along,
But what's here is what's newly reflected.
She was extinguished.
Quieted.
What's behind her can't reach her anymore,
But there's still something burning,
Giving her shivers.
Whispers steal breath
Descending silently
Never to ascend again
Sorry, so sorrily,
Exposed.
She was so wrapped up,
She never noticed
She was there.
How did she ever get here?
Her bones are a mystery.
Flickering past.
Pieces placed together
Patches of pain
Pretend.
A gentle hand
Protect her
She needs you now
Breathe life
Breathe truth
Heal these stitches.
Here's another step onto the path ahead
No longer mixing bricks
or falling for the tricks
we thought were meant to be
but now one of us can see
leaving dreams behind for dead.
And maybe you were right
These dreams are a tight squeeze
We should be going places
but we're chained to the second hand
we're just dragged along
going in circles but never going back.
and maybe I was wrong
Just got twisted up in the wouldn't it be greats
and the If only if only's
but hey what can I say
I'm just a girl
with a little more passion than she bargained for.
But here I am,
my path is in front of me
It's under my feet
I'm walkin' on with uncertainty
Yet there's a bounce in my step
and fresh air in my lungs
so I'll be fine where I am
Cuz I'm not going alone.
I'm don't know where I'm going
and I hope you don't mind
if you need me, find Jesus-
I won't be far behind.
My dear,
I see you there
searchin' for somethin',
we're lost at sea.
Don't know why you're there
in front of me
on the horizon,
but I can see
the sun is falling for you.
Embrace her, she's yours
she shines so bright
she puts on her best red dress
and invites the night.
Take it, this chance
It's been given to you
Is it in her? the truth?
I always knew
You'd find somethin'
worth dying for.
So dearest
let no currents whisk you away
let no troubles wish you awake
follow her 'til she ignites a new day
If its right, then go.
you be the arrow, I'll be the bow.
If it's not meant to be,
stay here with me--
lost at sea.
What was only supposed to be a passing thought,
Has turned into a brick wall.
A supposed breeze of indifference,
Is quaking inside my head.
You pull the strings so predictably,
Yet my heart plays in the pitch black.
Don't know why I waste my time
When you're just another dead end.
Falling for an idea, a thrill, a chance
Never fearing the inevitable
On a one way train to nowhere
where the inevitable fears me
I'm such a switch.
I'm sick of this.
You know, you know,
What the problem is?
It's this.
It's that.
It's me.
Again.
It's this.
It's that.
It's me.
The end?
Lord I'm on the floor in pieces
so broken and confused
Wishing that this world
hadn't left me this abused.
There's a struggle in my heart
to fix this flawed creation
Can't do it on my own Lord
Let me feel that clean sensation.
I've defeated myself
more times than I can bear.
I need to give it up Lord,
Take away this ugly fear.
Need that freedom you offer,
That deep breath of fresh air.
Lord I'm just so scared
Lord I'm just so scared
Of the love that we could share.
Its so much more than anything
That I could ask for here.
it's unconditional
it's unforgettable
Lord I'm speechless that you're near.
You're a ticking clock.
A constant reminder
Of impending doom;
A dangerous safe.
My pulse is winning,
But you've already won.
But I can't give up,
Not that easily.
I don't know what it is
But you have it.
I don't know how you got it,
But I want it.
I'll crack the code
That is your mind-
Finding answers
That disintegrate in light.
In the dust
I'll write my name
And leave a kiss
To remember me by.
Before too long,
The wind will carry me away,
And I will become an echo
Of a ticking clock.
