Bad Taxidermy

Love can seem just like a dog's life Short and sweet 'til it just can't walk right I guess it goes for everybody else I just won't put it on the shelf And hope it'll grow and flourish and flower Knowing all the while the thing's gone sour Some vague hope, some brave joke Is prodding you on and luring you in To an illusion of an image with no reference I feel like I've died a thousand times Hoping with each death I'd grow more wise So shed my skins and let's begin Again and again, and when will it end My heavens, they turn against me Well, I've got brief stints of peace Between my purgatories Well, maybe it's not so bad Maybe the lows I've had Will enrich the highs I'll have I got a lot for my time I know the world won't stand still for my desires Each vision is a revision to be revised I thought I knew, but I never know Well, I feel like a volcano Ready to explode And cover all the old With new framework to unfold Well, I'm breaking out of the mold Let lava cool into new land Expanding the perimeter to understand You only knew The first tier of the facade That fortified my fears Well, now that it's all laid bare There's no room for the gloom and despair Just remember, just remember to forget To forget just what this place meant And watch all our amazement Become subject to displacement And it'll all just fade And we'll forget what this place meant