7/15/2010

I wrote a song to fit your smile
but all you do these days is stare
sit to the side and wonder where
oh where could that happy ending be

something must be eluding me
cause I just can’t see the confusion
the horizon
the skies are shinin’
and I’d be lyin’
if I said I don’t enjoy this
I live for this
disinterest and disgust
this feeling keeps me reelin’
it’s just
more fuel for the fire
so come on and take me higher
tear this heart apart my darlin’
tear me limb from limb
tear out this soul and send me home
I’ll keep sing-singin’

watch this town fall down and frown
I’ll keep dancing along the streets
watch the world light up and burn
I’ll never fall to my knees
see me in the mirror
making faces at myself
cause it’s all I got these days
well
except this life of mine
and the friends I find
and the job I work
and this feelin’ hurt
and this feelin’ free
so eager to be
astounded and ousted by you
whatever the fuck you want to do
I’ll take it all

baby I’ll be your bed sheets
I’ll be your comforter
I’ll wrap you up for slumber
and keep you warm at night

baby, I’ll be your pillow
that you beat when you can’t sleep
fluff until it’s enough
and you’re ready to drift off

baby, I’ll be those old shoes
with holes and broken soles
walk along me for days and weeks
and lose me in the sea

baby, I’ll be your bracelet
hiding your tattoos
hiding the real you
from folks afraid of the truth

baby, I’ll be your wind shield
covered in rain and debris
wiped clean twice a month
quickly filthied back up

baby, I’ll be that madness
that drives you up the walls
that keeps you up at night
that tears through to sunrise

baby, I’ll be anything
anything at all
as long as you get off your ass
and give me a fucking call
--
rosetta, don’t you see me
in the middle of the street
this song trailing off my tongue
carried to the buildings - to the sun
rosetta, what’s the story
why try to deny what could be so fine
there’s a world outside this room
and there’s a door to be walked through

rosetta, this song is so old and decayed
I felt something for you that I threw away
I forgot about feeling and affection and trust
and just... I just... I just...
rosetta, don’t let it
don’t let it all pass
through the window
through the mirror
through any surface of glass
rosetta, don’t let it
don’t let it fall through your hands
there’s something worth holding
if you give it the chance

rosetta, do you hear me
shouting to the highest peaks
there’s something that needs to be said
if you would only listen to me
rosetta, let it happen
let it happen on it’s own
and I swear before you know it
we’ll call this house our home