The Canyon

The Canyon is too deep
It swallows up my sleep
So I try to dream
And in the good ones I can still sing

I've learned not to speak
My language is too weak
The syllables retreat
Just sound sounds more concrete

In the falls down to my lows
These halls will hear my ohs
As far as they can go
No words can still mean no

I had patience like a priest
Now it eludes me
My scale tips quick enough
As my age soon adds on up

I never had a guide
Now wrinkles add-on pride
I never knew I had inside
My ego is twenty-five

Someday I will find someone
Til' then I will sharpen my tongue
Those word wounds hurt the most
Can't you see that's why I'm your ghost?

I had to dream
To give it up for love
But would it mean a thing
If I couldn't keep up?

I would settle for a broken home
If I could get some sleep
I would settle for some legs
Just so I could take a leap

You could call me thief
I am stealing your legs from your feet
And I've seen the kids dance a waltz
I know this is my fault

The pangs of vast goodbye
But you can breathe if you try
When the macabre come in force
Get ready for Lou's great divorce

Careful how you pretend
Your honor you'll defend
The battle yield no recompense
No pity in the penitence