life is but a dream...

Open, blurry, nurture, loving
Crawling, walking, fleeting, glory
Welcome, brother, stranger, bloody
Ally, teacher, recess, buddy
Secret, toothless, fairy, pillow
Money, kissing, nervous, hero
Warmly ordinary
(This daytime TV satisfies)
Extra ordinary
(These hand-me-downs worn in so nice)
As it may, as it may, as it may, as it may
As it may, as it may, as it may, as it may
Days are fine and come on time
But years leave with nothing to find
(Wake up!)
Changes, hormones, high school, threesome
Roll call, study, license, freedom
Novice, flirting, first time, lover
Party, fighting, wasted, summer
Questions, doubtful, wedding, family
Happy, ever, after, dead end
Daily iteration
(The bestest part of waking up)
Mundane ideation
(This dark roast got me so fucked up!)

My vinyl skin provides protection
It holds in place my plastic bones
Cast button eyes reflect an image
And all seems as it should, but there's nobody home
Cue the breeze
That sway the painted trees
Toy yellow birds upon the rooftops sing
In chorus with the buzzing bees
Melt in sun LED beams
From the sky, being held on a string
While boredom tears me apart at the seams
Now I know this might sound crazy
But I've smelled the plastic daisies
And it seems we've found ourselves in hell
Round head consumed with major nothings
Ears made of wax unfit to hear
Day after day, it all plays over
Dedicated loop, same year after year

Ride in the shadows, wandering beyond the brain
Floatin' like a feather through space and time outside a dream
Pirouette with divinity in a dance we've shared before
"Someone" dissolution, this is "I am all" as "I am none"
Here, we fly so high, no I, no comin' down
Shedding weight as I'm coming undone, all that's left converging as one
I am the sun, I am the sun, yeah
I'm a God, I'm awake
I'm the one in everything
I'm alive, I'm the dead
I'm a man without a head
(I'm a God, I'm awake)
I walk with death in final exhalation, and come apart through violent separation
(I'm the one in everything)
A thousand floors ascend into the ether, a lunatic enchanted by the reaper
(I'm alive, I'm the dead)
And down below, I leave a stranger layin' lifeless as the light begins to shatter the skies
(I'm a man without a head)
And I ascend and leave behind the "used to be" and tear the fabric worn to cover my eyes
And see
I see (I see)
Nobody
Breathe in the silence, ebb and flow among the waves
Blur on the spectrum, in light, come dark in equal phase
All I ever was, has been, and always will be
Here I end as I started again, beyond death and borne on the wind
I am the sun, I am the sun, yeah
I'm a God, I'm awake
I'm the one in everything
I'm alive, I'm the dead
I'm a man without a head
A crack in the darkness, a tear in the sky
(I'm the one in everything)
A narrow moment when we find ourselves and all we occupy
Return to the boundless, immerse in the free
(I'm a man without a head)
And letting go as you lose your name, and all you've known to be

There you are, you've come so far
Sunny days, the air tastes so sweet
Flowers greet
Birds will sing "you mean everything"
You can be anything
More power, more pace
More money, more taste
More sex, more pills
More skin, more shills
Build tall, build higher
Build far, build wider
Build here, build down
Build up, build now
But look at the way you go
You're one in a million, and you know it shows
And we love you
Unto the mud!
More wants, more needs
More hits, morphine
More speed, more drive
More self, more time
Build out, build fast
Build strong, build vast
Build too, build more
Build all, build war

Fade from all that was before
We shut another door
But not a last goodbye
Fate has taken once again
A fight we'll never win
And time again, we try
Left alone, I can't wait too long, fade
Love, we loved so many times
And in so many lives
Sometimes we got it right
Pain, it found its way back in
Until we meet again
Into that good night
None too far as we chase through the stars
Beyond forever, I'll follow you
Dancin' in the wind
As roses born again
There, you'll find me
Before the dawn of man
In castles made of sand
There, you'll find me
Writin' in the caves
As fire lights the way
There, you'll find me
Mask of royal glow
Don in pharaoh's clothes
There, you'll find me
Let it go, yeah
Rings of dust and ice
Weightless in the night
There, you'll find me
Let it go

I sit stoic
Touch of the divine upon my neck
Lay me gently
Take my body down, let me ascend
Help me to hear, and hear me to save
And save me before I've gone too far
Let me inhale my passage to hell
While slowly exhaling the scar
You walk on water
But the water swallows you
I lay quiet
Floating in the stillness of this tomb
Headstone empty
Choking on the flowers as they bloom
No one to know, and nowhere to hide
And nothing of me I've left behind
Silence of one, the meaning of none
And letting it all go to be

It's easier to just walk away
I know you'll see brighter days along the way
I've been shaped by peaks and valleys
Found a plateau where I cursed at the sky
Sometimes I feel that the rain falls for me
Bound to the flesh 'til the day that I die
It's easier to just walk away
I know you'll see brighter days along the way
Days like this come as days go
And all that you love just as soon be goodbyes
What was so far for so long now behind me
Yes, I'll hold applause 'til the end of the ride
It's easier to just walk away
I know you'll see brighter days along the way
It's easier to just walk away
I know you'll see brighter days along the way

I am the man
Six days of bullshit, a wave of my hand
And you know what I need
Put your hands together, get down on your knees
Or climb a hill and just don't talk
I never made a man didn't trip when they walk the walk
It's so chic, and we love
What you've done with the place
Compliments you with style and grace
Can't tell me that all I see ain't a gift from the fabulous one
Thought about a name that came to me, can you explain why the phone would ring?
Prayed so hard, and oh my Lord, I got a spot at the front of the lot
Can't be late for my weekly date 'cause we're gonna save someone
What?
What have I done?
Jesus Christ
You gotta be kidding me
I am the plan
Cheap imitations by obsessive fans
But you're great and fun to watch
On the seventh day, I thought about world peace, but I decided just to take it off

Will you give me my own soul?
Will you let me take control?
I wanna see the things that you see
I wanna be the human you be
I wanna know the secrets inside
I wanna know the feelings you hide
Will you give me my own soul?
Control
Tell me how to dream, and tell me what it means
Tell me how you feel, and tell me you believe
Tell me all the things you wanted me to be
Tell me when I'm really alive
Can you feel my love?
Can you feel my love?

In my dreams
I awake as daylight breaks and wash my face
Put my bedroom back in its place
And tucked away
Write a note of a few things I want to say
And leave it on the fireplace
And in my dreams, another day
In my dreams
I stare out in the distance of the city scene
From way up here, it's so serene
There's nothing said
As I make myself more comfortable with the edge
I leap into the darkest night
Wind on my face, it satisfies
I never have felt so alive
And in my dreams, I fly away

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