A Still Life

It's taking far too long
To build a shelter for our flawless plans
It starts to turn out wrong
It's fraught with weakness, and jagged edges

With anchors firmly set
What will we gain from the land that surrounds us?
When needs begin to change
Will we find we've encased ourselves?

Now we can't contain it
Chaos from releasing
First, we gotta pin it down
Now can we agree on
What's come into focus
Or are there discrepancies

It's taken far too long
To come to terms with my lack of direction
Progress is being made
Give me a few more lifetimes, I'll be fine

As we stand motionless
There's an abundance of light radiating
It's mostly sent by you
It goes unnoticed that I am mostly taking

Can we start chipping
Chisels on the wall like
Cellmates thinking far ahead
But if we do start over
Realize this transition
Maybe we'll understand what we're leaving buried

For now we're trudging on
Within these lines that we've drawn
(While life moves past at high speed)
The cause is held within
Can't blame the places I've been
(While life moves past at high speed)
For now we're trudging on
Within these lines that we've drawn
(While things fly past at high speed)
To move without regret,
Without having moved yet

Still, we can't contain it
Chaos from releasing
First, we gotta pin it down