Days Go By

The forked tongue in a serpent's jaw stumbling on what to say

And all the maps drawn upside down for leading you astray

The poor advice you heed when temptation holds its sway

How fine is the divide when the spectrum fades to gray?

You get splintered as the days go by

Reflected in the fragments of a fractured life

The impact sends the pieces flying

You get splintered as the days go by

You get caught up in the dance until the music starts to fade

Howling at the moon ignoring all of the sun's rays

That voice is like a dream and you hope you never wake

Like waves lapping the shore where the surf begins to break

You get splintered as the days go by

When you're waiting on the morning like a bird on a wire

A chain of sunsets and sunrise

You get splintered as the days go by

You get splintered as the days go by

You ain't nearly sunk so deep as the wreckage you'll find

In a series of successive dives

You get splintered as the days go by