Planet Dearth

I tried to find solace in outdated ways

The shine wouldn't keep unless I chased the rays

And when the sun set, I had strayed far from my home

My home

The dark, it made faces all look the same

The sky couldn't tell the chemicals from the rain

I sowed Planet Dearth 'fore the frost of a deep cold

So cold

Only

Only from way high

I can see everything

Now I'm feeling the weight again

I tried not to change in a world full of change

The storm tried to shake the ways I held in the pain

And when the sun came, I had strayed far from my soul

My soul

Only

Only from way high

I can see everything

Now I'm feeling the weight again

Sorrows

I'll bank on tomorrows

Pray to see everything

Now I'm feeling the weight again

Now I'm feeling the weight again

Now I'll feel it away again

And I'll feel it away again

Oh, I'll feel it away

feel it away

feel it away...

You are next to my bedside.

You are wrapped around my neck.

You are the slab of wood

between the wall and my door.

You are the words on my cork board,

the candles on my table,

the bag that carries roots.

You dissuade me with your mind

and beckon me with your heart.

You're a hairs-width away

and we're a thousand miles apart.

You are a waking dream made manifest,

a painting of an unpolished emerald,

a wing-clipped angel

who will haunt me

till the end of days.

How can I forsake you?

Every day the sky speaks your name

and it rings my body

like a singing bowl.

While at this point

you might just be an idea

in my stubborn head,

that idea

has moved me enough to love.