Purple Pain - A Pregnant Light

Under a stairwell inside of a dream

Hanging on me like lights on trees

Rain in the summer, fell through the heat

Days were like hours, months like weeks

I came around, jingled my keys

Watched for cops and checked my teeth

Collapsed in the bathroom and slept on the floor

Mentioned nothing of this to anyone I know

Saying everything I want to hear you say

Shine only for me

Constantly reaching

Chasing a feeling

Crawl up the steps to me

Burn all your sins away

Constantly reaching

All of these deep dreams

Always

Walk like men on Death Row do

Following my every move

A straight line, to the end of life

I can’t see the end or when the lights turn on

Squeeze the trigger slow, let it be a surprise

There was a war here, that face can’t lie

Into a hallway, between two beams

Smiling like children and giddy like thieves

Stealing moments

Removing time

Shifting creation to be by my side

Fought without reason

Belief without sight

You opened the door on this purple life

Walk like men on Death Row do

Following my every move

A straight line, to the end of life

I can’t see the end or when the lights turn on

Squeeze the trigger slow, let it be a surprise