It's goodbye

(Lyrics to a song written many years ago but still apropos.)

You were saying that you knew my mind, that it’s special
The two of us knew better than them all.
Such an old line but I’d spend all my time
Listening to you lie.
I didn’t see the storm brewing,
I forgot you were only human
And I missed that you were screwing up my life.

You say you’re just the other side of the coin, I flipped it over.
The counterfeit is plain to see after all.
You were only faking, making like you knew me well,
But the things you did would show me
That you really didn’t know me
And your flattery was fogging up my mind

So if my leaving leaves you feeling bad, take a lesson.
What you're missing isn’t true, not at all.
It was just a play, only ran a day
And folded out of town,
And I know that you’ll forget me
As I am today so let me
Take my leave and don't upset me,
It’s goodbye.

Oh Lord

(A Song)

Oh Lord, I am so tired.
I traipsed your rugged narrow straits,
Knocked in vain on heaven’s gates, oh Lord,
I am so tired -
I don’t want to walk here anymore
I don’t want to walk here anymore

Oh Lord, I am so hungry!
Your manna gives a junk food thrill
That masks the pain but does not fill, oh Lord,
I am so hungry -
I don’t want to eat here anymore.
I don’t want to eat here anymore.

And so this testament in song
Attempts to chronicle the wrong.
I did a shaman dance on the surface of a hole.
Where firm reality should be
I stood on stark vacuity.
It’s not your fault,
I was the one who chose the role.

Oh Lord, I cannot hear you
The Sirens now have all been drowned
I can’t generate that soothing sound, oh Lord,
I cannot hear you -
I cannot be soothed anymore.
No, no, I cannot be soothed anymore.

And to my friends so true so long
I don’t blame you for what went wrong.
I did a shaman dance on the surface of a hole.
Where firm reality should be
I stood on stark vacuity.
It’s not your fault,
I was the one who chose the role.

Oh Lord, I cannot feel you.
Imagination’s magic touch
Has fallen on its broken crutch, oh Lord,
I cannot feel you -
I just can’t believe anymore.
I just can’t believe anymore


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