Wooden People

Closer to Never

You can be me for a while
You can be me for a while
I promise not to blow your cover
As you walk my miles
And what took you so long?
What took you oh so long?
We waited until day faded
And night darkened us all
Cuz I know I’m not what
You had in mind but that’s just fine
I won’t be here forever
Much closer to never
And I know it don’t mean that much
Your eyes aren’t the same at all
Your voice is cracked, scratched and raw
Your face has shadows on it that reflect
Everything I saw
I could mistake you for me
You settled in so easily
Your dropping center has pulled right
You’re losing to gravity                 
So you lost yourself a while
Had your mind replaced with mine
But new eyes don’t hurt forever
Much closer to never
And I know it don’t mean that much

Dangerously Careful

I know they see me
Can you wait for it to change?
Whether or not I
Ever see the light of day
I wonder if my eyes are okay (x3)
Too few steps I made
To reach and cross that sliding line
Dangerously careful
Of breaking every weakened mind
Fighting this disease of time (x3)
My hands don’t work now
I lost all use when you touched them
I’ll return the favor
So you won’t feel a thing again
Nothing is the same here now (x3)
I still hear the screams
Weighing down my bedroom air
Waking up my old dreams
Wrapping them up in my bed
Afraid to go to sleep again (x3)
I can’t remember
Why it was they called you in
I knew December
December’s just a floating end
It starts all over again (x3)
The pieces fit now
It’s just a matter of patience
I’ll put them back in place now
And if you had your own regrets
Could you even ask for it?
Would you even ask for it?
Could you even ask for it?

Enough

And it’s enough, the glances I get from you
Makes me just love you
In ways I never knew
And it’s enough, to see your shadow passing
Stretched out and everlasting
Makes me feel like laughing
And it’s enough, when my eyes hurt from you
And it’s enough, at least you make me feel
And it’s enough, to know that you know of me
And it’s enough, even if it’s not real
And it’s enough, to see your shadow passing
Stretched out and everlasting
There’s no more need for acting
And it’s enough, I can take it no more
And it’s enough, I’ve had all I can take
It’s not enough, I deserve so much more
It’s not enough, to hide from our mistakes
It’s not enough, to be a normal person
It’s not enough, to act just like they do
It’s not enough, to keep up appearances
It’s not enough, to be just like you
I can take it no more - now
I’ve had all I all I can take - yeah
I know I deserve so much more - now
I’m done hiding from my mistakes - yeah 

I Don't Trust What Makes You Smile

There’s something
Waiting for me
But you stay this time frame
Just to torture me
I will say it clear
Just not loud enough you would hear
We’ve the same fate as a dead god
I don’t trust what
I don’t trust what makes me wrong
I’m static
While you’re up front
Collecting applause 
I could never want
This is all I want
The rain in its free fragile fall
And I will leave this for a while
I don’t trust what
I don’t trust what makes you smile

So Clear

And that’s me inside that box
36 years at a stop
The funeral days away now I’m talking of
Of what it’s worth
And small successes I’ve had here
Came few and far between
But this life is a documentary not
Just pasted scenes
The water runs so clear
The air above so clear
Our minds alive and so clear
I’ll walk away so clear
And you are spent where I saved
All of my effort to send
To butterflies with tiger minds grounded in these
These given winds
The stillness rushes toward me
And my train toward it
This lesson near completion when there’s nothing
There’s nothing left
The water runs so clear
The air above so clear
Our minds alive so clear
I’ll walk away so clear
You
I want you to dream for me
And this way
My dark will be your light to see
I’ll walk away so clear
I’ll walk away so clear
I’ll walk away so clear
I’ll walk away so clear
And that’s me inside that box
36 years at a stop

The Worst Way

Can you imagine all you’ve missed?
But don’t step aside; don’t stay alive just for me
Erasing all the questions left
Has left you see through, so you seep through the seams
Have to extract
The words intact
Weighing my insides
Keeping me in place
The walls cold
The need so old
My time broken like
The lines across your face
Never believe what I say
I’m a liar in the worst way
In my straight life, so crooked
No use for regret, with more to lose yet
I’ll clench my teeth and wait it out
You’d be wiser to close the lights on me
My memory burns like the hate
Bleeding from your heart and infecting your veins
You’ve under-
Estimated
What the new can do
When broken and abased
A new face
A faster pace
And a new nightmare
Sliding into place
Never believe what I say
I’m a liar in the worst way
In my straight life, so crooked
No use for regret, with more to lose yet
Never believe what I say
I’m a liar in the worst way
This could be your last view

So hold the scene tight against your eyes