in dreams like death

if a day could last forever would we still wish for tomorrow?

those soft moments of sorrow without a yesterday to retreat to?

in tenser days we wouldn't care if love was lost up in the air

we'd laugh and say, "next time you wake a new heart will be beating"

so why protect what cannot die? why say words you know are lies?

my tongue it moves despite my eyes they're screaming

so let us laugh, so let this spit spill down our shirts with caution lit

we'll pray to God to keep us like stray animals

don't forget to wash your hands, break a leg and make a stand

forget the stories that your mother told you

there is no fair, our hearts are bored

as they drained our feelings poured out across the oceans

and settled on their floors

and now i craft a thousand words none of which i've ever heard

they simply come to me in dreams like death

alive and kept aside waiting for more