i found a wish under a star
the label red
made on the blue side of mars
i held it up lighter than air
it caught the sun
they gave me a promise to bear
i go backward walking forward
out of the quicksand of my life in your hands
safe in my own flesh and mud
the promise broke a dream into three
one head one heart
one for the being between
(god loves a void)
i killed them all dead as the moon
wound up tossed like a feather
slave to the fickle winds of emotion
i go backward walking forward
out of this moment into the torment
of living the past out again
somewhere under a rainbow
the scarred and the lame go
to drink to a song they can't sing
goes like this…
i couldn't keep that wish for my own
wrapped it up
buried it in a cloud of stone-faced resignation
i hope some day it's held to be true
for whoever really owns it
it looks just like one i made for you
and me too
i go backward walking forward
out of the fire and into the frypan
burnt out still smouldering
and it'll say on my gravestone
he died with his brakes on
potential intact never met
looking over both shoulders
no wiser much older
when will the real life kick in
down in the ruins
all I've been doing
is minding a wish for a friend
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