New Normal

I've spent way too much time underground
Far too much time in this house
Trying to sort it all out
I've paid way too much rent in my head
For too many words left unsaid
For all of these tears that I've shed

And for all that I've done
I can never be sure that I've done enough
I keep telling myself
This is bound to work out
I should just let up

Is this is the new normal
I want out
It'll take a swift kick or two
To get up from under all these doubts
Always trying to figure it out
Is this the new normal
I want more
I've come to the end of what has
Always seemed to work before
It's just not going work anymore

I'm watching all of the women I love
Bury their heads in the mud
All for the love of someone
I've known too many men who have died
Distracted and preoccupied
Absent, as their fathers were

Each day that goes by
Is a pruning exercise for the one who wants
To wake
But, surprise!
Once you open your eyes
And you see the light...

You'll want to let down your robe in the surf
Forget all your eloquent words
And shout at the top of your lungs
You'll want to open the doors of this house
To let some air in, and breathe out
Then you'll want to burn the place down!