Refuge

Warning, when was the starting line?
Trailing, days have now multiplied
Danger, critical circumstance
Exposure, examine the evidence

Follow the Moon now the road has gone
Borrow some courage to carry on
Failure, critical sentience
Contagious, the manner in which it spreads

One more complication
Covers the path and blocks the way and makes it
One more lonely afternoon
But one less heart to break
The Sun descending fast
Behind the walls that you cannot climb and I guess that
One more wrong direction
Is just one less place to find

Your mind talking, mouthing the words aloud
And you're walking deep in the underground
Familiar, recurring and nothing new
The fixture, the forfeit is your refuge

One more drop in the ocean
Is just one less tear to spill
And you're trying to shovel everything
Into the hole that you cannot fill
But you'll never find perfection
If you hold it out of sight
And that one more blank rejection
Is just one less war to fight

One more penniless moment
Is just one less bill to pay
And when you're on that one more road to nowhere
You never lose your way
And when the piece won't fit the puzzle
You know it's one less way to try
And in the darkness where you're huddled
You can look forward to the light

Remember, one less winning number
Is just one more chance to win
And one more day you're lost at sea
Is just another chance to swim
Eternally the fission
Delivers you what you cannot choose
And in this world of contradiction
You've just got one less point to prove it