Spider's Fence

Nothing lasts forever, forever don't last long
It was over in a heartbeat, over with the singin' of a love song
Angles in the canvas try to minimize the threat
And time's a lovely filter and I
can still recall the fears that I felt
Dance your way through the spider's
fence and never look Medusa in the eye
You might call it self-defense,
but no matter what you call it, it's goodbye, yeah
I saw the image in the mirror, didn't recognize myself
Severed from a childhood and it seemed like someone else
Picked up all the pieces, put that box back on the shelf
And I kept goin' on, I kept goin' on
Just kept goin' on, yeah, yeah, yeah, I kept goin' on
I opened up that closet, and here I stand again
It doesn't look so bad now
And all my years of exile seem so well spent
I thumbed through yellowed pages, the books I used to read
Like tryin' on an old suit
And all those broken promises I could never keep
Dance your way through the spider's
fence and never look Medusa in the eye
You might call it self-defense,
but no matter what you call it, it's goodbye, yeah
I saw the image in the mirror, I didn't recognize myself
Severed from a childhood and it seemed like someone else
Picked up all the pieces and put that box back
on a shelf and just kept goin' on, I kept goin' on
Just kept goin' on, yeah, yeah, yeah,
I kept goin' on. Just kept goin' on