Barrens

I choke in the fog and suffocate crushed under the weight Wrestle with counterpoints who sing of an arcadian fate Struggle to manifest any semblance of who I was Kneecapped and hamstrung and reaching elsewhere for a familiar buzz How do I move when I’m blind Blunted and crushed and confined There’s a sliver of hope in my mind That’ll carry me swinging through this fight Release me To be free I’m reaching To breathe Pack up my life, sell it all off, and reduce all these years to a box The things that float us through are worth way more than the things we’ve got Ditch the lights, the sounds, the endless parade of souls Find a little patch of something where me and my love can grow and die so old I’m ready to burn it all down Sick of the moving around There ain’t no ghosts in a ghost town Just a couple lost hearts waiting to be found She sees me Right through me She’ll release me To breathe