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Ah, a wild beast is in me
In my skin is where I feel it crawl
Rising up and fading as it struggles
Ah, this beastly sadness I feel
Has got me under its control
Tautology in my grip turns into bubbles
Rather than gazing at the clouds that pass
I just scream into the sky
Pain that's so bad that I can't catch my breath
So, slow-slow-slow-slowly let my dreams be the kindling
Let the sparks ignite in me the joy I long to know
Each thought I've got doesn't add up to much more than change;
With the burning words I hold
I will count whatever hasn't gotten cold
And then gather them close
Come--look, see, everybody, now
At my drying-up and pitiful beast
Hear a hiss as it begins to boil over
Ah, after I blew the candle out
It seems the only thing left for me
Is hollow pedantry and nothing more
Why do I still continue screaming back
At the clouds passing me by?
Sorrow so bad I can't even feel sad
So-so-so-so if I can only ask for one thing
Send my lonely heart a sun
And ignite the fire of the joy that I've never touched
Even my rage doesn't add up to much more than change
Although my hands are rife with pain
I just count whatever hasn't burned away
All but broken and doubtful, worn thin
And still I long for the sun
So go ahead, light the fire in me every round
Call it magic, fiction, escapism
Just set the fire higher even now;
Come and make me shiver somehow
This slow-slow-slow-slowly setting sun's burning into my eyes
Let the sparks ignite in me the joy I longed to know
These thoughts aren't enough, so go above and beyond them
With still burning words I hold
Some have even burned away but even so
I want to gather them all