Towing the Line

from Something Electric This Way Comes... by Daniel Schauer

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I was towing the line, hoping I might find, a chance for happy days
But after every night, I found myself less kind, as they seemed further away
Resisting dissolution
And abetting institutions
Lost my will to write, with Summer’s evening light, when September left me dazed
Tried it once or twice, but never sensed a strike, felt my confidence be drained
Succumb to this pollution
Abandoned requests for absolution
Curving like a sine, to get free of this bind, in an effort to save some face
Spent my last dime, at ten past nine, tryin’ to make these memories fade
Dissolved my resolutions
Rescinded my collusions
I COULDN’T SPEAK, OR CLEARLY THINK, SO I STEPPED OUT FOR SOME AIR
BUT THE OXYGEN, FELT LIKE A TOXIN, AND MY EYES SAID THAT I WAS SCARED
I WAS SEARCHING FOR SOLUTIONS
AND KICK-STARTING REVOLUTIONS…
Under all this grime, I’d expect some kind, of evidence you’re phased
But after so much time, I’m bound to remind, those of the truth’s you’ve laced
Accepting evolutions
And delaying executions
I STOLE A PEEK, AND WAS A LITTLE FREAKED, WHEN I SAW YOU STANDING THERE
WITH ALL THOSE COPS AND, YOUR BOUND HANDS, TALKING LIKE YOU’RE ON A DARE
CREATING YOUR ILLUSIONS
DISTRACTING PERSECUTIONS

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from Something Electric This Way Comes..., released August 1, 2012

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