Brooklyn

I said grace over nothing This morning Facing the world on empty Far too full to take in Anything that could make me happy A poet in a nine-to-five Color drying on my palette knife Salt of the earth dissolving Into the city life Reaching for a paradise Stretching my veins into the sky Everyone else can learn to fly Why can't I? Aah-aha, I Aah-aha, I Words are not my friend This morning Down between the lines they went Abandoning the meaning The only thing that matters in the end Apathy is my only plan Washing my dry and burning hands Pacing my cage and wondering If anyone understands Thinking that I can give advice From a soul that I don't recognize Everyone else can live that lie Why can't I? Aah-aha, I Why can't I? Aah-aha, I Why can't I? I'll take it all Stretch me taller Break me open Let me fall Oh, I'll take it all Stretch me taller Break me open Let me fall Far too full to take in (oh, I'll take it all, stretch me taller) The only thing that matters in the end (break me open, let me fall) Far too full to take in (oh, I'll take it all, stretch me taller) The only thing that matters in the end (break me open, let me fall) A poet in a nine-to-five (oh, I'll take it all) (far too full to take in) Color drying on my palette knife (stretch me taller) Salt of the earth dissolving (break me open) (the only thing that matters in the end) Into the city life (let me fall) Thinking that I can give advice (oh, I'll take it all) (far too full to take in) From a soul that I don't recognize (stretch me taller) Everyone else can live that lie (break me open) (the only thing that matters in the end) Why? (let me fall) A poet in a nine-to-five (oh, I'll take it all) (far too full to take in) Color drying on my palette knife (stretch me taller) Salt of the earth dissolving (break me open) (the only thing that matters in the end) Into the city life (let me fall) Thinking that I can give advice (oh, I'll take it all) (far too full to take in) From a soul that I don't recognize (stretch me taller) Everyone else can live that lie (break me open) (the only thing that matters in the end) Why can't I? (let me fall) (I'll take it all) (far too full to take in) (Stretch me taller) Aah-aha, I (break me open) (Let me fall) Why can't I? Aah-aha, I Why can't I?