Could Someone Please Explain 

The Lifeless And Mundane 

World I've Built Around Me 



Some By Design 

Most By Default 

Each Piece Has Its Place 

And Each Place With A Face 



But They're All So Very Ordinary 



And Each Day That Passes 

She Tightens Her Leash 

And They Sharpen Their Teeth 

While I Sit On My Hands 

And Do All That I Can 

To Hold Back Their Advances 



And Then One Day It Will Be 

When The World Says To Me 

Thanks For Your Trouble 

Now Gather Your Rubble 

Your Handfuls Of Memories 

Of Love And Of Joy 



And Your Truckloads Of Misery 

Your Self Hating Toys 

And Get Out Of The Way 

For The Next Poor Fool To See 

All The Joy This Life Will Fail To Show Him 



Then Miraculously He Broke Free 

Of The Grinding Routine 

He Sailed To Tahiti And Found His True Love 

And He Trampled My Ashes 



With No Need For Sunglasses 

He Turned To The Bright Shining Sun 

I'm Free 

No Chain No Shackles No Pain 

I'm Free 

No Hate And No Fear 

No Misery Here 



I Didn't Want To Go Out Anyway 

I'd Rather Stay Home Any Day 

Time Moves Now And Then And Back Again 

You Are The Dream That I Will Never Realize 



And Then He Screamed At Me 

If Only You Had Bled A Little More 

You Too Could Be Breathing Just Like Me 

Everyone Wants To Be Someone 

Why Not You? 



And Then He Waved At Me As I Withdrew 

I Can Honestly Say 

This World Is Gonna Miss You 



As I Realize The World Outside 

Has Quietly Passed Me By 

I Think To Myself 

That Should Have Been Mine