Eyes As Candles

My world astir and sickly

Spits out our voices singing

"Tra la la la," on high now

To kingdom come so slightly

Herein a void in your place

I twitch and tweak in allusion

To sit and stare so blankly

Until all hope is used up

Why do I always need to need you when you're fleeting?

Where do you go when I'm around?

What have I done, what have I lost that's so defeating?

And have the nerve to wear the crown?

Ooh, na na na na na na, hey hey hey

Na na na na na na, hey hey hey

Na na na na na na, hey hey hey

Na na na na na na, hey hey hey

In some dark room

A smoky figure fills me full

Makes my head swell in ruin

My family kneels at their pew

They nod, "We believe in what you're doing"

I feel it rise above me

The western landscapes towering

And from my shell of a body

The flowers blossom for picking

Why do I always need to need you when you're fleeting?

Where do you go when I'm around?

What have I done, what have I lost that's so defeating?

And have the nerve to wear the crown?

Ooh, na na na na na na, hey hey hey

Na na na na na na, hey hey hey

Na na na na na na, hey hey hey

Na na na na na na, hey hey hey

Na na na na na na, hey hey hey

Na na na na na na, hey hey hey

Na na na na na na, hey hey hey

Na na na na na na, hey hey hey

I've waited and waited for someone to take it

Don't fight it don't bother, an inch for another

Don't listen, don't hear them, they're in this together

I've learned well now hear me, there's much to be fearing

I'm used to your absence, your faceless distractions

I've painted your patterns, but found them attractive

Now I've been leaning towards a life far more candid

Through lead through the dark with yours eyes as my candles

Where you're life and my life's directions can wrangle

And all of a sudden you've left me to handle

The reasons that never forbid me to stand tall

And somehow or somewhere I found out the secret

To staying alive without actually breathing