Adrift

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Musical Accompaniment:

Trampled by Turtles - Are You Behind the Shining Star

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I lit the fuses all at once and then watched starry-eyed

As the technicolor explosion lit your face and then suddenly died

Eventually I ran out of things to say

And I didn't have the feeling you wanted me to stay

But now I wonder if maybe I made a mistake

Perhaps the reason it's 3AM and I'm still lying here awake

I know that isn't true but I've never been that persuasive

And it doesn't help at all that my subconscious is so invasive

I'm confident the decision I made was right

Only briefly burns the flame that dares to burn so bright

But now I'm in the darkness and I don't know what to do

There's no one here for company; I've just myself to talk to

And yet sometimes I still see the fireworks glowing in the distance

And it's then that even I must question my persistence

I can't live in the moment because I'm too focused on the past

I'm adrift on the Phoenician Sea and by the Seven is she vast

I can only hope the current takes me to somewhere I belong

And that the light on the horizon isn't just another siren's song

Phantom Heart

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Musical Accompaniment:

Fear of Men -Luna

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Sweet sleep, you have abandoned me

I lay awake like an amputee

And feel the pangs of my phantom heart

Wondering where this fell apart

So many things lost in the fire

No longer certain of my desire

I try my best to put it out of my mind

But I'm tempted by the thought of pushing rewind

In many a bottle I have confided

Hoping in the morning it will have subsided

But the anguish returns ever anew

With emotions and thoughts I cannot construe

Like some great tumultuous hurricane

This heartache is making a mess of my brain

And it plagues me every night I'm in bed

Like a neutron bomb going off in my head

I try my best to fight it but I'm no match for its persistence

Though there are ways to escape the pain if I dare to go the distance

Sometimes I wish it were tangible so I could look it in the eye

Before I close mine one final time and wish the world goodbye