Common Song

Look at them all cautious now
Every one a wallflower stone
You and I we're dangerous
We're coveted unknowns
 
But take them by the eyes like this
Make them understand
"I'm here for you and only you"
darling till I pass
 
there's nothing to be said for waiting
there's nothing to be said for standing proud
there's nothing to be said for lamenting what is past
cause none of this will last
 
look at them all twisted now
I'm nesting in their skulls
Gather this around me now
And pull and turn and shift
 
Wrap them thick around me
To keep me from mys elf
Gordian and Labyrinth-like
You will never cut them out
 
There's nothing to be said for growing up
There's nothing to be said for standing still
There's nothing to be said for waiting till you're asked
Cause none of this will last
 
Work the room and shine and cover them in lies
We're the centre of their Lives
There's something to be said for taking what is mine
Cause none of this can last
Yeah, none of this can last
 
Look at them all quiet now
They feast on what they're fed
None of them are sated yet
But you know they'll learn to Live with what they get
 
Sure God will get their souls
And some spouse will get their flesh
But eyes and flare and flash and fire
Yeah, rockstars get the best
 
There's something to be said for shutting up
There's something to be said for diving deep
There's something to be said for going very fast
Cause none of this can last
Yeah, none of this can last.
Yeah none of this can.



©2006 rob hinkal