Perennial

Creep through the vault
Find the treasure within
Careful now to stay the path
Don’t bother with the map

No rules apply anymore
No magic at my core
Just strength and hope
Twist my soul into more

Let’s have some adventures
Live in Wonderland today
Answer all the questions
Careful not to trip or stumble

The quest is insurmountable
Supposed to be impossible
Let’s prove them wrong
Refuse to give up the toll

Pull the heavy load behind
Move one step at a time
Eventually, the end will come
Stop and rest and celebrate

Onward, to the rewards
Towards that great victory
Can almost taste the freedom
Glory sitting on my tongue

The Riddle

On the cusp
On the edge
Falling over and losing my head
No way to stop, no chance to fly

Nothing to do but fall
Close my eyes and listen
Cries and shrieks and moans
Scratches all up my arms

Telling me there’s nothing to do
No way forwards but dying
So desperate, so filthy
Marks all over my soul

What is pain, what is fear
Clinging to my skin
Change my feelings again
Got to get over all of this

Dive deep, but what a roll
Hanging and choking so slow
It’s time for the fight, no turning back
Put up my fists and surge

Am I feeling anything anymore
There’s a trick to this, but I don’t know
How to let go and survive the fall
Pitfalls everywhere in the quicksand

On the cusp
On the edge
Falling over and losing my head
No way to stop, no chance to fly

High over myself, learning to grow
Maybe one day it’ll all make sense
Shadows of the past are a sickness
What is the cure to my own weakness

Burn and Salt (maybe not that far)

Hours creeping by and here we are
Trying to salvage the start of us
Yet we don’t know how to talk
Our interests no longer lie together

Did they ever?
These are the questions we
Ask ourselves now
Could we have ever worked out?

Suppose that there’s no point
Nothing’s going to change this
When we don’t even want to try
There’s nothing left to fight for

Still, sometimes it’s fun
Remembering our early days
Fitting ourselves side by side
Making way in our hearts for us

So, what did we used to feel?
Something is missing from us
Cut away everything else
And there’s really nothing left

Don't even have the time to feel sad
When we’re tossing out everything
Our trash litters the street now
Let's just set it all on fire

Pick apart whose fault it was
(Everyone’s, no one’s
Mine, yours, ours)
Until we uproot it all

Let something new grow
From the ashes left behind
Little did we know at the start
Things would turn out this way

New to Me (Is You)

Once, you touched my hand
And I couldn’t breathe
You felt so perfect against my skin
Like a modern fairy tale fantasy

Never knew this feeling could be real
The way you laugh is so beautiful
Your smile could light up a thousand stars
I’ve never seen anyone as lovely as you

Not saying that you’re perfect
(no one ever really wants perfection)
But you’re so decent it makes me feel
Hopeful that I can one day be good, too

Never knew this feeling could be real
The way you laugh is so beautiful
Your smile could light up a thousand stars
I’ve never seen anyone as lovely as you

And how amazing that you like me
Think of me as someone who is cool
We talk for hours and fall in love more
There’s something between our souls

Never knew this feeling could be real
The way you laugh is so beautiful
Your smile could light up a thousand stars
I’ve never seen anyone as lovely as you

Why did I wait so long to meet
Someone who can make me feel so great
How refreshing not to be afraid
When we’re whispering secrets together

Never knew this feeling could be real
The way you laugh is so beautiful
Your smile could light up a thousand stars
I’ve never seen anyone as lovely as you

You've helped me so much So thanks for everything

Never knew this feeling could be real
The way you laugh is so beautiful
Your smile could light up a thousand stars
I’ve never seen anyone as lovely as you