Saturday, April 12, 2014

Tell You Why (song #124)

Tell You Why

The fuse is lit and I don’t know what set the spark
I cannot recall what got me to this dark
Place I seem to go when I run the steps
I seem to catch myself just before the edge

The candle burns but I don’t hold the flame
Sometimes I swear it’s just an endless game
I play when I believe that there’s no one there
When I believe that no one’s gonna care

I cannot tell you why I fly so high
I cannot tell you why I have to keep moving
I cannot tell you why I cannot wait for you
I cannot tell you why 
I cannot tell you why

A moment comes as a (simple) push to the brink
I am forced to choice between feel and think
Through the course I that lies ahead for me to take
My will can bend and in the end it might (even) break

I cannot tell you why I fly so high
I cannot tell you why I have to keep moving
I cannot tell you why I cannot wait for you
I cannot tell you why 
I cannot tell you why

See the line
As it passes by
A perfect fit
As I step over it

The rush is gone (but) the feeling lingers
Like endless grains of sand through fingers
Still nothing is really there to hold
As questions eclipses all that I know

I cannot tell you why I fly so high
I cannot tell you why I have to keep moving
I cannot tell you why I cannot wait for you
I cannot tell you why 
I cannot tell you why

© 2014 by Richard Maxwell
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