Nightfall

Nightfall 7/6/2011

Set em up
And knock em down
One after another
And another
Just to keep going
And just to say goodbye.

I was trying to pass the time
And I was trying to get away
Anything to recapture that feeling
Irreplaceable and fleeting.

Those memories
Of a time and place
When anything was possible
And nothing ever hurt.

But pain is inevitable
And so is sudden horror
Something’s just to beautiful to last
Beyond understanding
And replication.

Those without imagination
Will never understand
What it means to dream
And what it means to live.

For if a man has never lived
Then he is already dead
And he carries his tomb every day
And cries out every night.

Look around
And see the world
Marvel at what man has made
When no one says a world
And only the evil are angry.

We are like frogs in hot water
Just waiting and waiting
As the water gets hotter
And we don’t do a thing.

Desensitized and defeated
We absorb and quietly seethe
But the streets are empty
And we never rock the boat.

But I want to tip it over
And watch it sink
And I want to set the world on fire
Even if I am hated
And no one understands.

You can’t ever change a thing
If your head is in the sand
And you can’t make any difference
Until you break free.

The deep water is out there
But we are stuck in the shallows
Pretending that all is well
And that nothing is wrong.

The prophets warned us
And the truth is coming home
Because now that right is wrong
They will say wrong is right.

But it’s not over yet
And the good shall have their say
But not without suffering
And not without loss.

There are more debts to pay
But the worst
Are not my fault
But God also watches
And God also knows.

In a few hours
The night will fall
And I will rise
Pitiless and hungry.