my life is channels of what i can survive
a song composed of loneliness
all of this searching when you know
you have to leave empty handed
without sound, we watch love fold up like a wave
& crash into memory, how can you believe in what doesn’t hold
madness was just thinking you have a say
you are an image viewed from very far away
soft & out of focus
i am the silence that comes when i run out of language
to keep me safe
if you can’t find your way out of a city
is that the failure you churn into love
& how many times will you tie yourself to a sinking ship
telling yourself being unmoored is worse
than drowning
just about anyone can take you on a roof and make promises
they’ll never keep
you’ve heard this song a thousand times & the lyrics never change
