Another Country

For the lies you told to keep yourself together
For the wonders that you swore that you had seen
For the wounds you caused without a second thought but swear that you didn't mean

You threw away your charm into your resignation
You gave away your chance at who you could have been
Skipping town to chase an answer that you thought you might have heard upon the wind
Doesn't seem that smart to me

Can't keep away now from the people that you've been
Can't keep away all that you've seen

Take your photographs and burn them as an offering
Take your innocence and give it to the sea
Let the record show your knowledge of yourself is rooted only in your dreams
And their fanged subjectivity

Can't keep away now from the things that you have seen
Can't keep away from what they mean
Can't keep away now from the things that you have dreamed
Can't keep away from who you've been

For the path you took to find a quicker answer
For the nights you tried to hide behind a screen
For the desperation tugging at your limbs as you picked open all your seams
For the lies you told to keep yourself together
For the wonders that you swore that you had seen
Come look around now, see where you stand as the map closes in
Is it another country

Can't keep away now from the people that you've been
Can't keep away from what you've seen
Can't help but try to keep the questions from the answers
Can't help but hide inside your dreams

For the days still yet to come in all their wisdom
For the nights in all their shared complicity
For the shadow that you trail so close beside you that you never could deceive
For the light as it refracts into your vision
For the ground that slowly moves beneath your feet
Come look around now
Is it another country