Blank Stare

Its just a different nowhere than the one I used to know.

Not like the one that threaded the needle through my skin, round the prison bars.

Its just, I had to close my eyes in order to hold her hand.

Hand in hand we would shut down on the world.

Some escape.

But as she broke in breathless affliction, serrated love filled her heart. Her knees buckle before the strangling powers. She touches her captor with sincere affection. The demon lies next to her, and writes words upon her forehead.

Some escape.

Same funeral. Blackbird, you always take me down. You show me, how much it hurts. And I cant help but weep about it all the time. Now, its just that I cant hold you still as you shiver. Now, I have no trees to hide my rage.

Just a blank stare. In a Dead World.

Just a weary soul picking up broken flesh. Moving it around.

I sit here clutching useless lists,

keys for doors that don't exist

I crack my teeth on pearls

I tear into the history

Show me what it means to me in this world

Yeah, in this world

'Cause I am due for a miracle

I'm waiting for a sign

I'll stare straight into the sun

And I won't close my eyes

Till I understand or go blind 

I see the parts but not the whole

I study saints and scholars both

No perfect plan unfurls

Do I trust my heart or just my mind

Why is truth so hard to find in this world

Yeah in this world

'Cause I am due for a miracle

I'm waiting for a sign

I'll stare straight into the sun

And I won't close my eyes

Till I understand or go blind (till I understand or go blind)

I know that there's a point I've missed

A shrine or stone I haven't kissed

A scar that never graced my wrist

A mirror that hasn't met my fist

But I can't help feeling like I'm

Due for a miracle

I'm waiting for a sign (waiting for a sign)

I'll stare straight into the sun

And I won't close my eyes (and I won't close my eyes)

Due for a miracle

I'm waiting for a sign

I'll stare straight into the sun

And I won't close my eyes