Solace

Solace

I’m at the end, say his eyes

I’ve been up and back

From the ground to the skies

I have the world in my pocket

And yet – can’t you see –

I can’t return it, for it’s what I need

Can’t you see it? Can’t you ask?

I’ve played all my talent

And used my songs as a mask

Around the pain in my heart

And yet – you won’t take them –

For you say I can’t fit the part

There’s no more here, say his eyes

For I’ve emptied my soul

Into the truth of your lies

Because it’s all that you give

And yet – though it’s not all I see –

It’s all I am able to live

I’m at the end, say his eyes

And I can’t turn around

For I’ve lost my disguise

In the words that I seek

And yet – I can hear them –

In the velvet-limned dark of my sleep

Can’t you see it? Can’t you ask?

I’m screaming right at you

But ignorance seems your only task

I’ve turned away and held my face to the sun

And yet – I couldn’t quite feel it –

For the frost in my spirit can’t be undone

There’s no more here, say his eyes

Though my friends stand around me

I’m deaf to their cries

For my head has been filled with only your voice

And yet – sometimes I wonder –

If I can be given some other choice

I’m at the end, say his eyes

I’ve been up and back

From the ground to the skies

I’ve had the world in my pocket

And yet – can’t you see –

I'll return it, for it's not what I need