Less Than Me

The lens of our existence smears Unfocused scenes project unclear All the wires that feed us light And sacred sound just before night Get tangled And pulled from me All these broken lights will never do What is less than me Is surely less than you Reconnecting strands With shaking hands Place me this side up This side up Because I'm less than me So welcome familiar sting of the iron Lest our beings' circuits retire The hum of life Cut and splice Copper in the weather Raw nerves that can't be forever Twist the frays Until the signal relays All these broken lights will never do What is less than me Is surely less than you Reconnecting strands With shaking hands Place me this side up This side up Because I'm less than me If you're feeling disconnected Like we all feel disconnected Let me quiet the noise for you If you're feeling disconnected Take my hand And we'll quiet the noise until we get through All these broken lights will never do What is less than me Is surely less than you Reconnecting strands With shaking hands Place me this side up This side up All these broken lights will never do What is less than me Is surely less than you Reconnecting strands With shaking hands Place me this side up This side up Because I'm less than me Less than me