i've accepted that tonight
it's so cold my fingertips will die
i've accepted that tomorrow
i'll walk more than i'll sleep
but the restless man inside my head
won't let me close my eyes for long
he just taps my skull with his pocket watch
and says you're doing it all wrong
well i tried taking steps forward
but the wind chill held me back
so i tried to just get over it
but now everything is numb
and these corporate motherfuckers
need some time to get their feet wet
so in the meantime i'll have to decide
which bills to pay this month
the desperate man inside my head
always urges me to glance up
on the chance of catching moon beams
through the windows of my eyes
but these clouds so black and pendulous
keep swallowing the shadows
and the feckless man inside my head
plots how and when i'll go
i try to pin the heavens up above me every night
but when i wake they're scattered all around me
and all my dreams are riddled with the flames of falling stars
but a wish's another name for blasphemy
i used to have close friends
'til i spent all my time obsessing
over stupid petty shit
i'd long forgot but not forgave
i would alienate anyone
who was weak enough to love me
now they're waiting for their chance
to finally piss upon my grave
and yet all i want from this short life
is for someone here to miss me
my name uttered in good company
oh maybe once a year
but the tactless man inside my head
asks, "who'd even know you're gone?
do you wanna fuckin' sober up
or spend your final days alone?"
i've so much love it spills out from my aching bleeding mouth
and fills the trash can clutched between my knees
for all the pricks and hypocrites who plague my waking hours
i hope that unlike me they'll be redeemed
i took a walk to clear my thoughts
of all the anxious voices
but the reckless man inside my head
was still beckoning me home
suddenly a light so pure and bright
froze me right where i was standing
i was straddling the railroad tracks
when i heard that whistle blow
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