Take Back the Instant

Take back the instant when you brushed him off your shirt

You tried to drag him to the trash

You tried to trade him in for cash

Take back the instant when you blew him off your path

With a kiss, reading twenty below zero

Tomorrow is a no go, a no go

Cold, cold moment, when the first doubt shot through your head

A black ink drip running through your veins

Dark halos adrift are bringing you sleep pain

Pregnant seconds dripping through the hour glass

When the lure of men, who would be kings

Made you lose the man who was wearing your ring

He didn't match your luscious thoughts tonight

You couldn't look him in the eye

Awkward is the embrace when it's not tight, not tight

And so the jewel you once both had, is left

Crumpled like a collapsed lung

When all you had to do was hang out in the sun

Hang out in the sun

Sir, you feel so dignified, your watch is very ornate

But you were just born in the right place

Just born into the right race

You're climbing Mount Everest now, granting wishes from above

Favors are yours to give, lies are yours to live

Take back the instance that lead you to believe

That the earth shakes 'cause you're not happy

That the sun rises 'cause you're not sleeping

You got the loudest parade in town

Clowns, assassins, and crooks

You got ladies in see-through gowns

Reading extracts from your books

Beggars are trailing at the back

They're waving from the cardboard float

You're thinking that, from up close

Statistics can be such a drag

Your cup is full now

Blood is the color of this wine

And it's dripping from the ceiling

And it's making the chandeliers ring

And the instant the ballroom overflows

Your thrones turn into your gallows