The Sleeper

A cruel twist of fate

That I’m always too late

It’s a cruel irony

To always watch but never see

Dress ‘em up and parade ‘em out

So I can sit and write about

The beginning of their coupled love

And this sleeper’s lack thereof

Wake up! Wake up!

You’re still running the race

Shut up! Shut up!

As I lose my place

I’ve seen it before

And I’ll see it again

The sleeper’s awake

And lost in the then

I’ll sit and listen

Forever and ever

But still remain trapped

In a silent never

Dress ‘em up and parade ‘em around

So I can see what I haven’t found

The beginning of their crazy love

And this sleeper’s lack thereof

Clink your glasses

And watch them kiss

Happily ever after

But just among this laughter

Shut up! Shut up!

I don’t want to hear anymore!

Give up! Give up!

And the sleeper takes the floor

He’s been there awhile

And will be forever

Overcome by the feeling

Of being trapped in never

Alone on the ground

The sleeper is out

Quietly dreaming

About what it’s all about

A cruel twist of fate

That I’m always too late

It’s a cruel irony

To always watch but never be

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Pine

Stop it before it starts

No sense in breaking both our hearts

Invest in generalities

To find a love that no one sees

See her as she finds another

Stop it before your love’s discovered

Wrong day

Wrong time

Wrong reasons

Just rhymes…

Stop it before it starts

I’d rather not watch it depart

Invest in irrationalities

No need for thank yous, no need for please

Please don’t go, will never show

Stop it before it’s allowed to grow

Wrong way

I know

Wrong reasons

Just go…

Stop it before it starts

Don’t touch just stare upon the art

Invest in commonalities

And just embrace mediocrity

Don’t think that, her gaze, you can accrue

Stop it before you start to lose you

Wrong words

Wrong phrases

Wrong time

To say this…

Stop it before it starts

No sense in breaking both our hearts

Invest in unrealities

And escape the trivialities

Don’t try to love, but don’t start to hate

Stop it before it starts to devastate

Just Once

One time is all it will take

Just stand back and watch it break

Just keep thinking it was a big mistake

Just keep thinking you aren’t awake

One time is all it needs

Just step back and sow the seeds

Just watch them grow into your needs

Just watch your humanity as it recedes

One time will simply do

Just stop thinking it won’t happen to you

Just settle in and make do

Just forget the ways you knew

One time and you’ll attain

Just a dull and numbing pain

Just numbness when it happens again

Just emotion that you now feign

One time is all it takes

To no longer feel when your heart breaks

A Word To The Wise

TV shows, where everyone knows

That what you get is what you pay for

Album tracks that have my back

But what I’ve got isn’t what you stay for

A simple plan for a simple man

That always gets complicated

A simple desire to just inspire

But what you’re doing’s got me frustrated

Silver screens with a glossy sheen

And we all seem to circle back around

Multiple choice and I raise my voice

What was lost will one day be found

Get off your ass and study to pass

But I just can’t seem to even budge

A song to last your whole life long

And through these notes I’ll trudge

A single tear and I start to fear

That life just isn’t what it’s supposed to be

No damsel in distress, just a damn mess

And I’m drowning in this paper sea

Pan left to right and avoid the night

Because it reminds us that we’re alone

It surely stings that we weren’t given wings

Flightless and cold we might as well be stone

It is what it seems; it’s not my dreams

But the good sleep has yet to arrive

Eternity becomes antiquity

While we’re here trying to survive

She tells me to let go, but I don’t know

Because her chorus has me speechless

Something so hollow will always follow

And I just keep following nevertheless

TV shows where no one knows

That what’s up next might not be dramatic

An album B-Side and I continue to hide

Stuck safely listening to the static

A picture for those who’re sure

That what they have will remain theirs

A portrait that makes them really sweat

As they hope everyone still cares

Enough is enough, so stop this stuff

As the world turns but you stand still

The time will arise, where they’ll apologize

When they’re all full with having their fill

A gentle guitar strum, that makes me go numb

And music was all it was trying to impart

A word to the wise about my demise

It may or may not be the result of a broken heart