This night is slipping from my grasp
I have overstayed my welcome I fear.
Telling myself stories time and again
Doesn’t make regret or despair go away.
You made me slip through the cracks
There is nothing left for me here.
When sorrow and lust begin to blend
There’s no reason left for me to stay.
Maybe I never saw the signs, maybe I did
Nobody is concerned about my happiness
Until it enriches their selfish desires
And I crawled down that path once more.
The fog covered the holes in the bridge
I make excuses for footing I’ve missed.
Moon in my eyes and walking on a wire
Lost my balance here many times before.
Become a statistic before I go too far
An afterthought to you, I have no doubt.
I will follow this road until the end
Knowing only nature will accompany me.
Tonight I will shoot for the stars
Via one through the roof of my mouth.
Done searching for that feeling again
As I curse the ground beneath my feet.
Carve the words I’m too afraid to say
Into the side of a hundred year oak.
These things I’m too weak to tell you
I need for my soul to be at peace.
The never ending battle must end today
I’ll still be nothing after the smoke.
When the pleasantry and pomp is through
My words are something you’d never read.
A bed of unkempt leaves to find comfort
Harvest moon shines over eternal sleep.
Nobody else wants to sing this sad song
Where our imperfections come to light.
One with the stars, one with the dirt
There’s no shame in the company I keep.
Just because everything went wrong
Doesn’t mean I didn’t try to do it right.