To Me

When i gaze over this hazy spin

The spiral locks eye with me and says

“Come on in”

Though it might be just a single line,

Undulating in time, so fine

Weave of a legend or tale of a liar

Reaching out for me like the arms of a fire

She takes control of my senses, six — and says

“just wait until you feel what’s in this mix”

And when my eyes roll in to the back of my head

That’s when the madness will reveal itself,

    To me

So i dig my heels into this groove,

The world is spinning by, but i cannot move

It’s a feeling that’s so contrary

Of being moved around while i’m stationary 

Round and round while i take this tour - she says

“there’s a lot to be guessed, and you can never be sure”

But when my eyes roll in to the back of my head

The beast of confusion retracts its claws and speaks

    To me

Stepping on that box I take my shot 

But he laughs and says ‘Is that all you’ve got?’

And I stand there like the fool on the hill

Sans insight and only half the skill 

It slips away and that’s exactly when - she says

“Well you’ve lost now, but you can try again”

So when my eyes roll in to the back of my head

That’s when I see what music means 

    To me

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Some conversations are so meta and imaginary

Stroll

Stepping out for a stroll in my mind 

Hoping to steer my thoughts, but only to find

There’s no up, no down, no left no right 

This broken moral compass keeps me up all night

While it’s getting increasingly clear

    

    That there’s only here 

Imprisoned in a spot, for my crime 

I’m sifting these zany thoughts, through the lens of time

These knotted lines are strange, they make no sense 

And presently, the past makes my future tense 

So I’m inclined to believe somehow 

    That there’s only now 

Each moment passing, feels the same 

Like visages through the glass, of a photo-frame

Countless faces i see, but it’s one, no doubt 

That’s filling me with thoughts I'm not so proud about

And even though they might say it’s taboo 

    I know it’s only you

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The simpler the rhyme, the scarier the implication

Silly Geometry

                

      Start with a point, grow it into a line

      Criss-crossing through all of time

      All these lines, curved in time and space

      Arranging you and me in the same place

      But now just feels so anachronic, so

      Frame-drag me into yesterday

        Because as soon as you appear, you start to leave

Why does time have to be, so cruel to me?

          Stuck in this silly geometry        

      Dotted my i’s and i crossed the t’s

      Might even say that i’m at ease

      Ironed it out and now the jig’s complete

      Ready for this extraordinary feat

      But this fabric is so convoluted

      I wouldn’t really have it any other way

        Because as soon as you appear, you start to leave

Why does time have to be, so cruel to me?

          Stuck in this silly geometry  

        You take away a piece of me when you go 

        What kind of sorcery i just don’t know

        And all that there is left to do is wait

      Opened my mind, now i feel so free

      But it’s hard to get a grip on reality

Because as soon as you appear, you start to leave

Why does time have to be so cruel to me?

I roam around this loop so endless

And now i’m just a royal mess

Because i’m stuck 

          Stuck in this silly geometry 

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Damn time loops and desire.

(That album's finally happening.)