Off-track - 12/03/08

You said I shouldn’t tell anybody
But this could be serious
You said I shouldn’t tell anybody
But you’re making me worry

Are you listening?
Can you answer me?
I lost it all when
I gave it all to you

Don’t do this to us
Haven’t we been through enough?
We don’t want to have to miss you
I feel like I’m losing you too

I dropped my guard
I lost my nerve
You took it all
Away

The ice is melting
Production halting
The problems glaring
How are you faring?

You’ve broken my sanity
Thrown out the key
Toppled it over
Did you forget about me?

Push it under the bed
Stick a pin in it
Kick it under the carpet
Let it go

You should be scared
You should be terribly afraid
But their words aren’t worth the worry
Look away, let them stare

Their words aren’t worth the worry
Faster now, we’re in a hurry

The hourglass empties
Don’t turn around
It’s too late

Can’t look back
We’re not on track
Going the wrong way
Not everyone can stay

Fall apart
Break the beams
Drift away
Snap the seams

Their words aren’t worth the worry
Look away, let them stare
Faster now, we’re in a hurry
Don’t turn around, it’s too late

Going the wrong way
Not everyone can stay

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What it’s about; Not entirely my own life, so much as those of people I know, and how that affects my life. [And yes, people, not one person.] When things start changing or there are problems going on, you just have to wonder why. How it happened, how you never thought it would, or how you didn’t see it. Whatever the problem, it takes a part of you away with it. When there are secrets being kept, it seems better to hide them rather than throw them into the open. It’s just not a particularly fun process for anyone involved.
Other notes; The second, fourth, and sixth stanzas were part of something else, but taking both pieces alone didn’t fit as well as mashing them together, so that’s what I did.