A Plea For Reinforcements

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Musical Accompaniment:

Band of Horses - Evening Kitchen

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It's a bitter pill to swallow

But I'll do it for myself

I can't do it for the rest of you

Because I can't seem to find anyone else

This time around's been difficult

And I'm unsure of my task

I know that we're alone here

Just unsure who has strayed the path

Sometimes it seems I better understand

The goal we're driving at

But with my leadership we're getting nowhere

Trapped in this eternal Iliad

This the burning question

That robs me of my sleep:

Was I sent back to find her

Or was she sent to find me

Rootless Tree

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Musical Accompaniment:

Damien Rice - Rootless Tree

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Don't be mistaken up on that mountain where you are

That bright light on the horizon ain't no morning star

A hundred twenty megaton neutron bomb

Just shattered what was left of the morning calm

The end result of a chain reaction

That you set off in negligent fashion

The turmoil anchored deep in my heart

Left unchecked has torn me apart

Nothing to do but watch and wonder

As the world as you know it is ripped asunder

I won't stop until there's nothing left

Of my hopes and dreams you left me bereft

And when at last it's finally all gone

There's still one thing you can depend on

When we all return next time around

I won't rest until I've tracked you down

You deserve two deaths for what you did to me

Left me to wither and rot like a rootless tree

Lost Time

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Musical Accompaniment:

10 Years - Insects

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 One for you and two for me

I might have skipped a stage

So here it is, this one's yours

Do with it what you will

Add it to your collection 

The things you stole from me

My own fault, I guess

For burning so many bridges

This icy water feels like home

But it's got your name all over it

I suppose I should keep kicking

Knock another hole into my wall

I'll make it out eventually

Though it won't be any thanks to you

I am not a stone and I refuse to sink

Just wasting more time

Trying to find my legs

So very much I owe to you

I'm just now beginning to understand

It's a coin with two sides

And both are infinitely large

But it's a coin nonetheless

Don't think I'll forget that

Hutch Mountain

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Musical Accompaniment:
Patrick Swayze - She's Like the Wind

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I drove up to the summit

Told my parents I’d gone somewhere else

Parked my car at a neighbors

You snuck me in through the garage

Hushed voices and microwaved popcorn

We talked long into the night

You laughed at my color blindness

Because I couldn’t see the letters on the cards

But you were just as oblivious

To the feelings I had for you

Eventually I came to accept

There was nothing to be done for us

But then you took on a different form

Haunted me for years to come

Across the globe you chased me

A hungry ghost I couldn’t shake

Nietzsche said we’re all growing volcanoes

And though I don’t doubt it to be true

I’ve noticed something lately

I’m growing another you

It’s astounding just how easy it is

She’s like the wind

All I have to do is adjust my sails

She’s taking me far away

And this I’m quite ok with

I never knew where I was going anyway

One hungry ghost to replace another

These words have to get out somehow

Whimsical Poverty

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Musical Accompaniment:
The Acorn - Almanac

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I’ve been getting really dizzy

My face weighs more than I do

Been wandering through this city

I haven’t slept yet but I’ve tried to

I got a phone with WhatsApp

So I can stay in touch

Obama had it wired-tapped

Or I expect as much

I lost the game that I was playing

That summer way back when

Shows how much attention I’ve been paying

History repeats itself again

I’ve never felt so lost

Walking circles around Bojangles’

All the lines I’ve ever crossed

Unsure and at strange angles

I can feel the pressure rise and swell

Like an intolerable crescendo

Maybe I’ll go out like Jezebel

Throw myself from the bedroom window