The View From Up Here

The moon’s half full tonight

Maybe to match my half full heart?

The air is almost crystal clear

And I just watch

With my view from up here

Indulged in my music

Delusional soundtrack to life

Things just seem less real

And you can’t tell me

That it’s going to be all right

Eventually you’re going to have to shut if off

And eventually you’re going to have to wake up

I overlook a sea of faces

And yet yours never appears

It’s locked in my head

And will be till death

Haunting my view from up here

The music creates a tension

And my life takes a new mood

I’m listlessly drifting

Away from those I am missing

And I can assure you it doesn’t feel good

Eventually you’re going to have to stop

And eventually you’re going to have to wake up

The best things that glisten are rarely gold

I’ve seen it before it’s not something you’re told

My momentary warmth in all this cold

When they’d all rather ignore the problem

Then ever try and break that mold

And it will get better

At least it will if you concur

That most things aren’t worth having

And it’s all a greedy craving

All seen by my view from up here

Eventually you’re going to have to turn the music off

And eventually you’re going to have to wake up

I don’t think that they can hear me

And if they could they’d turn and run

I never meant to bring you down

Just let you know what I had found

And I’ll be all right when all is said and done

I’ve been thinking and driving

And I can never get it in gear

The lights are all off

But I’m home on the roof

Just waiting to share the view from up here

Eventually you’re going to have to come up

And eventually you’re going to have to wake up

And eventually I’ll have to face my fear

But until then I’ll remain

Patiently watching it all with my view from up here