Daylight is fading like an awkward smile

Sun hides behind the west coast

I thought I thought I knew I had everything figured out

Till night came and I lost my shadow

Blend in with moonlight and broken glass

Ten hours of panic will follow

I'm lost, the trees look black, my red shirt is turning grey

Strange things just won't stop appearing

Give my day give me light!

These days, those days...

I was taught to bottle my emptiness

Deal with my quarter life angst by painting pictures

The tip of my pencil describes what I might have drawn

Had my left brain and right hand been in contact

Broken sentences now!

Read on...

Then all at once, the sky started raining

Soaked to the bone, I stopped

The people of night time came out of hiding

One of them turned my way

She said: I'd like to tell you some things I wish I'd known

When I was young like you

It won't take a second, but it could save you years

Years pass like seconds out here

I was enthralled with the way that she spoke so softly

For a lady of her finesse and personal hygiene

She had cuts, bruises, scrapes, scratches, hair tangled everywhere

But she spoke in a way that commanded my attention

You're at the top of your game

You're in control of your life

The peal of the oyster, the cream of the oreo,

What I would give for that I hope you never know

So live your life, don't sleep through the nights

Life's for the living you've got to start living it right

So live your life, don't sleep through the days

Dreams are for living you've got to stop letting them die