Linger

WE SEE WHAT WE WANT TO SEE
WE LINGER, THEN WE LEAVE
GONE A THOUSAND YEARS
LIVING ON THROUGH WEBS WE WEAVE
INVISIBLE IN THE FOG
OUR MEMORIES CONCEIVE
TO KEEP US FROM A TRUTH
WE DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE
WE'RE JUST PAWNS IN THIS LIFE
WE LINGER, THAN WE LEAVE

CONFUSED TEARS RUSH FORTH
AS WE SHAKE OUR HEADS
IN WONDER AT IT ALL
THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD
A BLANK PAGE TO CALL
FILLED WITH HOLLOW GHOSTS
LINGERING IN THE HALL
DEEDS UNDONE, SONGS UNSUNG
AND GUILT AT FAILURES DOOR
ASKING WHEN IT'S SAID AND DONE
WHAT DID WE LINGER FOR?
GIVING UP THE GUN
IN MID-LIFE CRISIS' CURSE
SLIDING DOWN IN SLAVERY
TO ONE LAST SPIN IN A HEARSE
WE SEE WHAT WE WANT TO SEE
WE LINGER, THEN WE LEAVE

YOU THINK MY VISION MYOPIC?
THO TIMES I'D THINK IT BETTER
IF I HAD NO CONCIOUSNESS
OR JUDGEMENT OF GOOD OR ILL
THEN I COULD BE LIKE THE DUMB ASSES
WHO RAPE AND STEAL AND KILL
OR BURN OUT AND PARTY HARD
DRINK, SMOKE AND POP THE PILL
WE BE WHAT WE WANT TO BE
WE LINGER, THEN WE LEAVE