A slowing surrounds each word

An obstacle made out of making words

I shelve letters, scrambling the possibilities

Turning them into actualities

I need a new alphabet, a brand-new vocabulary

Enough to say how sad I've been, how alone

One day, years from now, you might wake up

You might be thinking of me

Just know that I was there

Years from where you are, years from where you are

Elsewhen

How the darkness exists and my gravity affects it

That's how I know I'm here

No matter who, no matter what

I need a language made up of words reflecting that there is an understanding

That I am misunderstood, I understand

One day, years from now, you might wake up

You might be thinking of me

One day, years from now, you might wake up

You might wake up

Just know that I was there

Years from where you are, years from where you are

Elsewhen

Years from where you are, years from where you are

I've been dim, but I lit back up

So, do you want this?

Yeah, you could've had it

And you won't back down, and you won't stand up

And I'm sick of this habit

This holding place, this regret-shaped space that you keep me in

Turning into possibilities

One day, years from now, you might wake up

You might be thinking of me

One day, years from now, you might wake up

You might wake up

Just know that I was there

Years from where you are, years from where you are

Elsewhen

Years from where you are, years from where you are

Elsewhen