night light

White Lies

I m failing at focus
Ideas are all homeless
I m flicking through days at a time
Attention disturbed
I didn t listen, just heard
Turning worn-out into wine

I gave you your moment
Held back your opponents
A blink isn t twinned with a lie
Not mad, just concerned
The neighbours all heard
And there s new marks on my pride

See, see all the things that I meant to do
My ambition, a petting zoo
Zeal in a coop
Alone in the vaguest blue
Time, turning my faith to ammonite
Desire is worth the bite
Try as I might
A fool is the Moon s disguise

Alone but I chose it
The hotel, the process
I m out of my air and my mind
If this is my end, forgive all my friends
To love is always to die

No poem, no roses
No pictures, no poses
I slip out like guilt from a crime
A nightmare than won, a king bed, a gun
A silence too sublime

See, see all the things that I meant to do
My ambition, a petting zoo
Zeal in a coop
Alone in the vaguest blue
Time, turning my faith to ammonite
Desire is worth the bite
Try as I might
A fool is the Moon s disguise

So I try to keep the night-light light
Cover my eyes, but keep the night-light light
Hold my love tight
Now that I ve said my piece
Fire, doctor, police
Look at the marks on my knees