After That the Dark

Endless peer review

Groundhog deja vu

Got a hold on you

Hoops for jumping through

Hung for them, not you

There's no controlling you

Burned-out candles next to the withered flowers

And the cracked frames on the stock photos of the old timers

Eyes follow you around the room

Eyes screaming something like

Do as much as you can

You don't need a thought-out plan

But you've got to go outside for that

So wave bye-bye to the fortune cat

All the restfulness

All your folding like a sleeping bag

That you can't squeeze back into the sack

All the calls you ignore

And the knocks you're pretending not to hear

It's the withered flesh of a skeletal year

And the querulous hum of real life

Endless peer review

Groundhog deja vu

Got a hold on you

Hoops for jumping through

Hung for them, not you

There's no controlling you

And after that the dark

The screaming and the worry

The crying and the fury

And after that the dark

The tantrums and the tears

The worries and the fears

And after the dark

The growing and the guard

The breaking and the heart

And after that the dark

The moving and concern

The finding and return

And after the dark

The giving and belief

The taking and the grief

And after the dark

The winter and the snow

The going it alone

Endless peer review

Groundhog deja vu

Got a hold on you

Hoops for jumping through

Hung for them, not you

There's no controlling you

Endless peer review

Groundhog deja vu

Got a hold on you

Hoops for jumping through

Hung for them, not you

There's no controlling you