I Have Lived

So much for separation

Of heart and mind

Seems like we can't

Compartmentalize

Sometimes, sometimes

Sometimes

A drifting life, suits me fine

I had a dream

One of those that linger

I can barely remember

Probably a good thing

I have lived but my mind has slowed

I have felt but my heart's growing cold

I have thought that I could never get old

And at the height of my credibility

I start to feel my imminent demise

In city streets

Incessant beats

Siren song

An urban metronome

Is a constant reminder

We won't be long

"This way's up, that way's down

Look at me spinning to the ground"

And in a moment like a flare

You disappear in a blazing trail

The girls will always be the bad guys

The boys will always be the lazy ones

But I'm not worried for any of them

They'll never fail to find each other

And declare forever

And that's not a new thing

I have lived long enough to know

That's just what the evidence shows

Maybe that will be my epitaph

And at the end of a long day

It always feels like a stepping stone