...and counting...

6/06/2005

 
up up up and awake
i've gone without sleep so long
that i've started to shake

i don't want to spend my life floating
i don't want to use my paper noting
observations that i have already noted

i have already floated
it's time for something new
i want to be caged in
like a monkey at the zoo
i think i've got a clue
i'll make a list of things to do

i want to stabilize
because spontaneity is just one of those lies
like that only sell-outs are wearing ties

i want to shake a hand
and mean business
i want to report to home office
and return to my senses

it's way past my bedtime
to make the most of my lifetime
it's necessary i set mine
since my parents never insisted
on a set time

and even though i'd like to
go on about this breakthrough
there's a lot of things i need to do
i have to call it a night
and not sleep through
until tomorrow afternoon

the shaking gets so steady
that it's like ocean
making me ready
to fall right into a brand new dream
in a canoe
on a stream

floating

i don't want to spend my life floating
but i don't want to use my paper noting
admissions that i've already noted

and i've already talked about floating
i don't know why
i'm going on about this anyway
i need to call it a night
or i guess, day