Wide Awake
Just some words from me to you
You're a sinner that's okay
I'm a sinner too
In these uncertain times
I serve some rhymes
Of things upon my mind
I'm looking to explore
Behind the door
And sing what I may find
It's not enough to let it go
To the extent that it's still there
Just not enough to show
I never learned to burn it out
And sweep the ash away with love
And so it stays around to weigh me down
Where I can't rise above
To Heaven
Yesterday I felt so sure
But now every cut and scrape
That I easily endured
Begins to wear away
And tear away
I can't see past the pain
Until I close my weary
Teary eyes
And wake to it again
I want to be
Nowhere
Sinner I could tell you more
But penance does not resonate
The way would before
And though I've been through this
A thousand times
I never spoke out loud
Leaving all my thought to linger
Underneath a smiling shroud
Wide awake
Heaven or Nowhere