Someone Close

2006

SOMEONE CLOSE

 

The past ever-present and you’re drowning

Longing for some normalcy

A thing you think you can’t be

 

Today sees last night’s clouds subsiding

And it reminds me to forget

And to never second guess what’s coming next

 

World turns, sunburns

Grappling with something that you can’t discern

Nights pass too fast

To morning’s relapse

 

Bed time, wake fine

Bed time, wake fine

 

I know you don’t mean what you say and do

They are your demons deep inside

Guilt, abscessed pain, anxiety and damaged pride

 

World turns, sunburns

And this much suffering is undeserved

Leave me breathless

Tonight’s a death-wish

 

Bed time, wake fine

Bed time, wake fine

 

You could be the beacon of hope you search for

If you could undertake some cause

If you could overcome your flaws

 

Somewhere inside’s the one they all love
You’ve has come to falter on this route

Desperation, destination: destitute

 

World turns, sunburns

Yesterday’s ashes sit idle in the urn

Fermented potential

You could be special

 

Bed time, wake fine

Bed time, wake fine

Lifetime design

No rewind

Solidify

Try and find

All that you

Left behind

Reviews

[NM Sarah]

Good use of assonance to create the sound. It seems very unselfconscious without being mindless. I liked the lines "Fermented potential/ You could be special."

Thanks.
Sarah