the words are my disguise

                                                               i don’t know what i should say

probably wouldn’t make a difference to you

anyway

but action is better than the words

i don’t know for sure

it is only what i’ve heard

i kept waiting for the kids

to come in here      save me        but none of them ever did

kept thinking of the time

hers said      ‘look into the mirror’     but so did mine

so did mine

i know

         you told me

the words are my disguise

i see

lips

teeth

mouth

but not eyes

what color are your eyes

a simple question

 we can get back

to the lies

a simple question

nothing

you should realize

no need to hurry

take your time   _{take your time    take your time}

if i could hit

the way i get hit

there wouldn’t be

as much a need for any more of this

might just bring it to a halt

i would see  sun                      i would  feel   salt

in every open wound

that

was just a lie you told

to shut me up

a lie you told to

make me run

a lie

you had buried

deep inside

just a lie

just

a

lie

i know that you told me

‘you can’t catch up on sleep’

but where did you wander after we had all those

drinks

and what does it mean

what do you think it means

see i keep waiting for the kids

to come in here

and save me

but none of them

ever        do

it’s not as if    they never help

but

sometimes

it is only you can save yourself

and sometimes

it takes a while

to know it’s felt

and then

sometimes

we all            could use

a little help

_{a little help a little help a little help}

so ‘help me if you can     i’m feeling down…’