TIMES LIKE THESE
(T. Beechey)
It's times like when you reflect, speculate on what is not
The lessons taught provide few clues, but who's to say they're all you've got?
And, as you sink into the depth, you've kept one promise still intact
But the fact remains that someone knows and so it goes against the pact
All throughout you have learned
As seasons turn from green to gold
To hold tightly onto what is yours
Amidst the wars that fate unfolds
It's times like these when you reflect, speculate on what's behind
You just might find what you lost but at the cost of your own mind
And, as you drift into that realm, you're overwhelmed by it all
By the dulling of a distant voice...the choice to stay remains your call
All throughout you've reconciled
Between the child and the man
But just how can they coexist
If each resists the other's plan?
It's times like these when you reflect, speculate on what could be
But all you see is the past casting shadows by degree
And, as you fade within the scene, what it means is meaningless
As yesterday repeats once more, but who it's for is anyone's guess
All throughout you've understood
You never could play a role
But now your soul wonders why
The lies you've heard are in control
It's times like these when you reflect, speculate on what's to come
But from the point where you stand the candles, one by one, go numb
And, as you slowly dissipate, the waiting is its own reward
As you look toward what's looking back: the blackness which you can't afford
All throughout you've compromised
You've realized your place within
But now you've been in denial
That all the while your fate begins