Swallow Hole

Floating downstream again
The world I leave changes in hue
I reflect while my sonder rings
And the wake breaks beneath my canoe
Growing up over the feet of my bed
The question I do fear to ask
Is it my purpose to hide in my shell
And keep living my life through the past?

I can't explain the masquerade
That quells my thoughts and keeps me sane
The string that pulls, my senses dull
And tells me there's nothing to lose

Lost in a dream again
I've buried my head in the sand
And I'll pull myself out again
When they call me up onto the stand
At least in my person I feel that I'm here
But removed from life's passing by
So I'll keep my voice down in my hole in the ground
To hide from the eye in the sky

I can't explain the masquerade
That quells my thoughts and keeps me sane
The string that pulls, my senses dull
And tells me there's nothing to lose

I get caught up on moments that struck me important somehow
Preserved in my thoughts brought to light when the night comes around

Time spent in pondering
Is time spent in endless pursuit
Of meaning so far from me
And of reason I cannot construe

I can't explain the masquerade
That quells my thoughts and keeps me sane
The string that pulls, my senses dull
And tells me there's nothing to lose