BLINDED PRIVATE EYE WHO FOLLOWS DEAD-END LEADS THROUGH EMPTY ALLEYS (THROUGH EMPTY ALLEYS) PICKING UP WHERE IT MUST HAVE ENDED ONLY TO FIND THE TRACES COVERED (ALL TRACES COVERED) A CLANDESTINE OPERATION UNDERCOVER WAY DOWN, DOWN BELOW THE FLOW (OH, WAY DOWN BELOW) STALK THROUGH UNREMEMBERED LANDSCAPES RUNNING BACK TO RECOVER THE INTERNAL FIRE STILL THIS HUNGER, STILL THESE CHAINS THIS DARKENED SUN REMAINS REACHING BACK IN TIME AND SPACE TO ERASE TOMORROW TO LEARN ANEW (TO LEARN ANEW) VICTIM OF A MACHINATION TURNING OVER – A SHUTDOWN TO END THE SHOW DESCEND TOWARD THE SOURCE BUT AFRAID TO BREACH ITS WALLS ALL BUT A VISITOR AT HOME? A PARALYZED STRANGER LOST STALK THROUGH UNREMEMBERED LANDSCAPES RUNNING BACK TO RECOVER THE INTERNAL FIRE STILL THIS HUNGER, STILL THESE CHAINS THIS DARKENED SUN REMAINS

SO YOU SWERVED AWAY IN A PAINLESS LOSS NEVER SAW YOU LEAVE NOR WHEN THE LINE WAS CROSSED FAREWELL MY FRIEND MY HEART SEE YOUR EYES DISSOLVE AND YOUR SMILE IS NEW SEE HOW FACES CHANGE IN THIS MIRRORED TOMB YOU STILL SEEM SO ALIVE, SO REAL BUT I KNOW YOU ARE DEAD DEAD AS THE MOON OUT HERE ON THE STAGE HOW THEY ALL PERFORM ACTORS IN A FARCE IN A SLAVE’S PLAY FAREWELL MY FRIENDS MY FELLOW GHOSTS SEE RIGHT THROUGH THEIR MASKS AS THEY STARE THROUGH MINE OUR HORIZONS MEET TONIGHT THEY ALL SEEM SO ALIVE, SO REAL ALL INURED TO LIVE DEAF AND DUMB AND I SEE THEY ARE DEAD DEAD AS THE MOON WAIT AM I NOT THE SAME? FORGOTTEN WHO I AM AND WHY LOST I PLAY THE GAME DRAWN TO THIS BLACK STAR WE ALL SEEM SO ALIVE, SO REAL ALL INURED TO LIVE DEAF AND DUMB TURNING BLIND BY THIS DARKENED SUN AND I SEE WE ARE DEAD DEAD AS THE MOON

DAYDREAM – LIFE PASSING BY SLUMBER – LOSING TIME LIVE IN HIBERNATE STATE HOVER ABOVE THE GROUND PATH WAS CLEAR I REACHED FOR THE STARS BUT HARMFUL LIGHT BLINDED MY EYES THERE’S A MORN OUTSIDE LAWS OF NIGHT AND DAY BUT I AM NOT AWAKE NOT AWAKE TO SEE THIS MORNING DAWN FIND THE DAWN BEYOND THE SANDS OF TIME HOURS ALONE CANNOT DESIGN OR ALTER YOUR MIND SINKING FAILING DROWNING DAMS HAVE BURST HELP ME SAVE ME OCEANS OVERFLOW REALIZED DELUSIONS PREVAILED RECOGNIZED I HARBORED A PAIN DELUSIONS PREVAILED RECOGNIZED I HARBORED A PAIN BUT HOW DO I SUPPRESS WHAT BECKONS IN THE NIGHT END THIS DARKENED SUN, NESTED AT THE HEART OF MY SOUL FIND THE DAWN BEYOND THE SANDS OF TIME HOURS ALONE CANNOT DESIGN OR ALTER YOUR MIND