(A Tin Can) Odyssey

Thrown in a pool of sharks, I know that they can smell the blood Once my weakness shows they gather around to tear me apart As poisoned ink is dripping from their teeth onto the sheet that I'm hiding underneath In a deserted hotel room. But once the clouds move aside We can see what hid behind Those tiny diamond holes ripped into the sky "Those stars we see above", you say, "died centuries ago. So all we ever did was stare at ghosts And wasting our time Making love and wasting time" (What a shame, what a shame, They only know my father's name) Inside of a tin can in the middle of the sea, With nothing but the seagulls and the sharks surrounding me I felt slowly I was sinking as a voice was rising from beneath, Saying: "Everything will be easy if you give yourself to me" Now I've been sitting here for days, Chasing words across the page And I keep staring out windows but I only see the frame I'm twenty-five years old, I've gotta do something with my life Instead I keep dreaming of all the different ways to die And I'm wasting my time Making excuses and wasting time Well, I guess I need a purpose, some sort of fading hologram I can chase around the city and spend my whole life trying to touch, But it's getting harder, 'cause I never stay long enough at the same place With the same faces Another city I can't name Another feeling I can't tame I'm just desperate to find the right way home But once the clouds move aside We can see what hid behind: Just a blank blue space but it's such a comfort to know That we are wasting our time Waiting around and wasting time All we ever did was wasting our time What... A... Shame Lalalalalala