Insomniac Buffet

I remember how we walked
Through the city that day
Buildings shot up into a gray sky
Like ladders into clouds

I wanted to feel something
And know what I meant, what I felt
But you were wrapped up in yourself
Like a thick blanket
You couldn't hear a thing

You believe what you want to believe
See what you want to see

And all at once, when we came over to the meter
Which was expired
And you saw the ticket, sitting there
Sitting there like a threat
On your brand new baby
Suddenly you felt something
Suddenly there was passion and anger
That's when the moment rose and I knew
All I would ever get from you
Was a reaction to yourself

Cuz it all had to be about you, didn't it
All had to be about some flagrant flaunting
Of possessions, of materials
It made me sick

And now here you are asking for loans
Cuz the latest idea didn't pan-out
Here you are begging
At the castle of a ruined millionaire

And you know what, I think I feel
Kinda like how you felt
That time in the city
Looking up into clouds, trying to figure out
Trying to figure out what it meant for me

I know what this means for me
And I know what this means for you
I think we might arrive
I think we might cross that bridge of mutual understanding
Except you were going one way, and I was going another

And when I arrive at those old green lands that you abandoned
I'm going to have myself a picnic
And bring a bottle of champagne
And toast to the memory of what you were
What you left

Enjoy it up there among the gray clouds