Grinding away all the same everyday The time I spend by your wayside This tried and true routine is way too easy to fall into

It’s strange and yet I’m resigned to repeat The peace of mind that it brings me These empty words that I've had enough of aren't enough but

I’m simple-minded, plain as can be There’s nothing more I can see here I sit and settle down, as though my legs can walk no longer

If we have come so far from the start There should be nothing to stop me From getting up and going anywhere I want

Gone far away, far on my way Remembering what water tastes like Out in the street, too dizzy to see The blurry night is passing by me Far away, far on my way I’m stuck in place so leave me here to stay and languish away

I wanted to know what I never had known But nothing I learned left me something to show I’m crushed by the sea as I sink ‘til I struggle to breathe Yet I dream of a butterfly’s wings

I wanted to find a thing I could like But nothing I tried made me feel alright Although I had strived to do right, the ideal way of life Was far ahead of me I fell behind with it out of my reach

It should be passing by one and the same The time I spend by your wayside And yet these mindless days Grow longer, dragging on forever

My head is hazy from sleeping away I crawled awake to all the aching Where should I go, when I don’t know how to walk on my own?

I’m pure of heart, naive as can be There's nothing else left to see here I hoped to share with you my self in all its humble wholeness

And yet your shadow is out of my sight I stumbled trying to find it I guess I'll spend yet another sleepless night without you

When I ask you what you'd like to do You answer there's nothing much for you Tell me what you think, anything The silence stretches ever longer

The meal we had shared today, for one And for two, a place to go for fun Nothing new, no matter what I choose What should I have done to please you?

Far away, far on my way Remembering what water tastes like Out in the street, too dizzy to see The blurry night is passing by me Far away, far on my way I’m stuck in place so leave me here to stay and languish away

Your flourishing form seemed so larger than life My withering self quickly fell far behind I want to be saved, though I pray, crying upwards in vain Were my words already worthless as trash?

With thought crimes gone, I’ve no reason to think I know that I won’t ever know what it means Nonsensical talk scrawled across such a flimsy facade Yet my hands can’t seem to tear it away

Just sticking with everything expected of life Is such an ordeal I can’t help but cry I stare in the mirror to see something weak and depraved

It was a shallow thing It was a shallow thing It was a shallow thing It was a shallow reflection of me