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Like a Thief in the Night

A Surprise LeftA Surprise Left Posts: 743
edited December 2003 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
You've been standing on the shore
Watching all the others go over the horizon
You've been watching
While i've been bathing in life

A revolution just passed
Will it be your end?
Look at the world around us
Just one fish in the sea
From Quark to Quasar
We're all keeping this boat afloat

We may be friends only because of my situation
But don't sit there drifting along the bottom
Even though your sucking me dry, your cross I shall bear
Don't you see even the anchors pass you by?

You say its the only thing that keeps you sane
But in the mirror your face is turning grey
What is that my friend?
Its your countenace crawling out of your own skin

So in these last days. so near the end
When you meet your King
What shall he say?
Fattened lamb I am pleased
Or those words no man should hear?
Depart my son I never knew you
He turns away

It could come anytime
Like a thief in the night
The wind is blowing cold
Have we lost our way tonight?
Have we lost our hope to sorrow?

Feels like were all alone
Running further from what’s right
And there are no more heroes to follow

So what are we becoming?
Where did we go wrong?
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  • SleightOfHand562SleightOfHand562 Posts: 477
    Originally posted by A Surprise Left


    You say its the only thing that keeps you sane
    But in the mirror your face is turning grey
    What is that my friend?
    Its your countenace crawling out of your own skin


    wow.
    There have been shows where maybe the whole first half of the show my eyes have been closed. and then you'll look out in the crowd and there'll be somebody totally lost in their head, in exactly the same place you're in. That, to me, is the essence of music

    ~Jeff Ament
  • A Surprise LeftA Surprise Left Posts: 743
    cool thanks man i had a major case of writer's block writing this one!
    The wind is blowing cold
    Have we lost our way tonight?
    Have we lost our hope to sorrow?

    Feels like were all alone
    Running further from what’s right
    And there are no more heroes to follow

    So what are we becoming?
    Where did we go wrong?
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