The Light & the Glass

Slowly the pen touches paper
In the guidance of the words that you write.
Memories roll in of the things you once did
And who you had shared them with.
Is somebody thinking of you?
Did I bother telling you this
With the words that cross teeth and jump lips?
A poor choice of words in wanting to tell you anything,
But words don't come with ease;
They're forever my hurt.
Would it really matter
If you were to count the days left
With your hands?
Your focus secure
And the loves you left well.
Smiles staged in photographs
Here until.

You, you left the light on.
There's a chance I might have tripped, girl;
You were there to hold on.

Ignoring the words of your obnoxious little brother.
"Kill or be killed" spilled the words from your mother.
I'll lay awake for a while.
I'll leave the light on a while.
But you couldn't last a lifetime
Caught between here and the days of it.
Carving her name across your arm.
With every wish it's hit or miss. Her.
I told you so.
I measured distance in lines
Departing the rest of my life.

But you, you, you,
You had better things to do.
But you, you, you,
You had better things to do.

Liar, liar, liar, liar.
Liar, liar, liar, liar.
Liar, liar, liar, liar.
Liar, liar, liar, liar.
Liar, liar, liar, liar.
Liar, liar, liar, liar.

Ignoring the words of your obnoxious little brother.
"Kill or be killed" spilled the words from your mother.
I'll lay awake for a while.
I'll leave the light on a while.
But you couldn't last a lifetime
Caught between here and the days of it.
Carving her name across your arm.
With every wish it's hit or miss. Her.
I told you so.
I measured distance in lines
Departing the rest of my life.

If you get put to sleep
Like an old dog, you're better off.
If you get put to sleep.

I've been cautious with the words I extend.
Allow this year before the world starts to end.

Your father's dead,
He passed in his sleep
And I woke to the sounds of her crying.

Your father's dead,
He passed in his sleep
And I woke to the sounds of her crying.

Your father's dead,
He passed in his sleep
And I woke to the sounds of her crying.

Your father's dead,
He passed in his sleep.

Pray for us all (to fade)
Pray for us all (to fade)
Pray for us all (to fade)
Pray for us all (to fade)
Pray for us all (to fade)