A Standing Apart

I was always off center

Like the cutout from a child

I was kindled not by reason

And I'm burning without smoke

I say yes when you want to change me

I say yes when I should stay the same

I said yes when you told me to forget

But I'll say no, put you on hold

We tell stories to our souls

But what comes then?

Keep the fire in the locker

There is no air that fuels my light

Write me stories of your mother

Call me friend and be a liar

I say yes when you want to change me

I say yes when I should stay the same

I said yes when you told me to forget

But I'll say no, put you on hold

We tell stories to our souls

But what comes then?

Your eyes betray a second soul

That lives between us in the night

When only shadows give you company

There is no reason for the light

There is no reason for the light

There is no reason for the light