Idling in the Driveway as a Paying Occupation

The echoes of a symphony conducted from the highest point of hope

Resonate in the morning light, break down the walls

Of this prison you called home

But as you rise to face the door

You struggle with the notion of what it’s for

Overcome with memories of the

Ones you tried to love

Don’t close your eyes

These nights will drift away like water

To the back of your mind

Wait for sunrise

These lonely dreams were never much worth

Crying over

Like the night, they die

Lives lead by the patterns of the swaying lines on a dirty tv screen

Wading through the static after the shadow of a dream

But it’s lights out,

And I doubt

That we’re living

When we’re living for the remnants

Of a love long lost and fading in our minds

But could you break the ties that bind?

Don’t close your eyes

These nights will drift away like water

To the back of your mind

Wait for sunrise

These lonely dreams were never much worth

Crying over

Like the night, they die

And the door you feared is nothing more than ashes resting on the threshold

But as you endeavor to cross over, your body freezes, numb and cold

Looking down you find that the lock is hanging right around your neck,

The key is buried in the rubble of the life that you have wrecked

Don’t close your eyes

These nights will drift away like water

To the back of your mind

Wait for sunrise

These lonely dreams were never much worth

Crying over

Like the night, they die

Don’t turn around for too long

One wrong word and it’s all gone,

These fleeting chances never really wanted to help anyone

Stand up, pick up your heart

Read them their rights, they’ve no right to

Tear you apart

No one ever told you that it’s not a crime to run

Don’t close your eyes

These nights will drift away like water

To the back of your mind

Wait for sunrise

These lonely dreams were never much worth

Crying over

Like the night, they die