Petals skittering across the sky
Today I don’t think I’ll be as wise
To separate my mind
Tear flowing from love-lost eyes
I can’t think or see quite right
Or read between the lines
Sleeping late high on a restless night
Will I fall or fly?
You’re the person I once knew
In the gardens that we grew
Beneath the sky
And if it’s time for me to go
To a heavenly kept home
Then that’s alright.
I don’t feel too well
Like I’m trapped in my own hell
Through the spirals of my eyes this aphasia tells
Of a silence for the years
And forgetting all my fears
And all I once knew
We drove home
At the witching hour
Hands searched my chest
For some faint and hidden tune
That told me how to live, how to love
To give and receive those things you’ll really need
I’ll be your friend
In the end
I loathe the way, my consciousness dissipates
Over and over every single god-damn day
Waking up in the morning
Just never felt the same.
credits
from ROYGBIV,
released June 3, 2017
Saxophone by Keith Oxman
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