There’s something I can never throw away, though I thought I’d given it up
A cruel possibility
One that’ll never let me go… so just quit it, now
If I could have remained ignorant
Just how happy could I have been?
I’m scooping and scooping, alone
From this well that’ll someday dry, so just laugh at me now
If I take this one step, will there be a cliff before me?
Looks like my wings can’t soar… It’s so laughable
A butterfly in a chrysalis, unable to flutter
I won’t be able to burst from my shell
If I emerged, what color would my wings be?
What’s beyond the door?
Unable to become a butterfly, I shut myself in
My labels insufficient and tangled, I cried until morning
Though there are countless choices
You can’t reboot this world
A life that’s left no imprint
Inspiration that gushed out and then dried up
The instant the words “it’s all decided at birth” left my mouth
I wanted to kill myself, ‘cause then my heart would be dead
There’s no place here on earth for me
There’s something I can never throw away, though I thought I’d given it up
A cruel possibility
One that’ll never let me go… so just quit it, now
Though I cover up by feigning ignorance
In my heart, I’m crying
I’m scooping and scooping, alone
From this well that’s long since dried, so laugh at me now
A half-formed weave of words
An adult who’s prone to giving up
Forever left out of the flock
Clinging on and laughing lazily
A slave dancing and sputtering alone
To the cruel sound of an hourglass
Swallowed up by my hopes, they turn to trauma
They shrug me off with a laugh and it’s all over
Let’s look back on the dark past, the mud we stuffed in our mouths
I sealed away the words I wrote, deep within
To keep them from bathing in the sun’s rays
A cocoon remains a cocoon, extinguished without a sound
Ever dreaming of blooming bright
If I preach excuses, will anything really change?
I’ll become the moon, illuminating everything just as it is
And watching over you
So flap, with your clumsy wings
There’s something I can never throw away, though I thought I’d given it up
A cruel possibility
One that’ll never let me go… so just quit it, now
Though I cover up by feigning ignorance
In my heart, I’m crying
I’m scooping and scooping, alone
From this well that’s long since dried, so laugh at me now
Misunderstanding and confusion will shadow you always
But don’t pay them any heed, you can just keep moving forward
I’ll always be looking down at you, oh baby
I know it’s not in my nature
But I’ll still shine, so try it again
In each of these unfurling days
You’ll see a blue moon in the skies above