Dawn Light

Alone
Free
And up all night
I watch the dawn light as it comes on
There's a picture in my mind
Of you and me smiling in good times
I've got the memory of your touch
Still stirring in my hands
I'll be fine when my blood starts pumping again
And my whole life is one long story
I'll start at the end
But this'll be the first day of my second life
I'm sleeping off the last 20 years
In the days when the sun is bright
When everyone else is awake
Everyone that doesn't feel as guilty as me
Too much truth has crushed me down
Broken me to bits
In this faded washed out town
Where all the clocks show a different time
And I know that I'll be crazy soon
Stark raving mad drooling looney tunes
Running in circles and laughing at nothing
Stripped of all my armor and abandoned here
Head in plastic bag and mind up on the shelf
Cut this broken heart out of my pale chest
Take my teeth out and bury them in the garden
I never reach and I never miss
So cut the heart out of my pale chest
Letting the light shine in
To seal this worthless kiss
From the lips that scream unfaithfulness
In my dark room everything is second best
And all the people with their hearts on their sleeves
Are easier to spot than I would have believed
But everything you pulled from me was just a dream
Only by stopping now will I ever be anything
So I hit the ground running
Escaping our past
Racing the sun
To sleep before dawn
Where we will be together
Two hearts joined as one
Buried in the garden
We will grow side by side
But always alone