Splendid Isolation

When all of the swallows pass me by

They still make summer just a memory

You're still the road where I was led

I think you always were

I think you always were

So you pound upon the door until you break

As if your will alone could be enough

But your will's a thousand miles away

You're my giant shoulder

The eye of the endless wave

The light as I know when you are alone

And I know there'll always be a stowaway

And my head's a burden like a landslide

Purple clover, gold face queen

The crimson's paid his legion at the price of life

Tell me one more time

Like you used to do

Though the shadow's large

The light will show the truth

Who you used to be

When I held your hand

Why did I comply if I did not believe

That all it took was all that could make it

So if your memory serves you well

I'm still the same as I was

I'm still the same as I was

I'm still the same as I was

I'm still the same as I was

I watch the world slip

And later question why I'm gone

Well, every plan you've had failed

There is nothing more to say

Your judgment made by someone else

Did their wisdom serve you well?

Answers inspired

Hearts are white as coal

Embers come to die within

The streets exploded

Letters never read

Stuck in the night of waiting

Welded in the signs carved in bone

Written in the frozen mountain

Pouring from the sky, crawling out of the earth

Everywhere I looked I could see love

Purple clover, moon-faced queen

Crimson's name is legion

If the price is right