Reprisal: Recent Episodes
Reprisal
Is it the blur in my eye? A slur of the teeth? The low hung and empty perception of me? It's beautifully distorted, and clipped at the joint Holding just enough motion to keep me on point
Can I reverse, or just sit down? I think I've lost sight of the ground I need to look just right and sorted The problem is I see no end or where I started
My truths were just lies that I told myself I dressed them to shine to attract my eye And I can't look away, I just have to see Where exactly they are taking me
The sum of it all won't stay in the black Once I calculate, well, there's no turning back All in all its just a push to control The only thing that I ever was...
Can I reverse, or just sit down? I think I've lost sight of the ground I need to look just right and sorted The problem is I see no end or where I started
...Euphoria
Erase contemplation It's quite commendable I pulled myself under And still, so breakable A successful stride But find no air I breathe our pride And all seems fair You affix my eye and hold my teeth Even if I wanted to I could not leave
Too near for sight With weak, blurred eye - I refrain Of course, I'm posturing now So we will remain If I count the steps Inside my mind - I find There was a time That I loved our lie Trust me, I know just where not to step Because I'm unsure of what you've kept Now the world, well, it seems too real I have no fight
I know - I see - you know Just where to be Just how to keep me Refrain - Remain The coward, the keeper - Always the Watcher The fixer, the lover - Always the Watcher