curbdrop out of grace

tell me
what happened
you're so strange
your ways were so strange
you are a circle with edges
you are a puzzle
impossible
to solve
i try and i've tried
and for what no reward
yet still
i need
to figure you out
not for the prize
not for the pride
but because
i've already spent
so damn long trying

what happened
when did you lose
whatever it was you once had
whatever it was that once
satisfied
always searching
but in the wrong corners
we watch and wonder
we stare and ponder
we follow you
hands and knees
scratching and clawing
at walls that give
nothing to the effort
how many years ago
twenty
at least ten
at least

what happened
the music stopped playing
for everyone else
it's no longer soothing
but heart breaking
and mind quaking
eyes swell to hide
ears turn deaf with time
your language that you speak
is no longer human
with life on mute
i don't hear
i'm not here
you don't know
you're not aware
as sicken lips and tongue
speak from the one
who never said
who never said
too late

what happened
i'll ask again
what happened
that would turn things
out the way they are
inside the blinds are closed
green bricks stacked high in rows
a mighty fortress
for those outside
that live their life
with envy and pride
but for those inside
the truth in time
of a prison built
that keeps in sin
and keeps out guilt
you've always wanted
a house so pretty
to compliment your ways
cheap and petty
let me
remind you
what you have become
you are
what i am
in the dark
you are
my insides
ripped apart

what happened
tell me what happened
i'll give you a hint
i happened

posted by fillshe @ 5:59 PM