Hollow

HOLLOW

Here between the mountaintops in the valley of my soul

Reverberating memories attempt to fill the hole

Of vacant emptiness I’ve felt from the moment you were gone

I’m desperate for some recompense so I can carry on

Deep within the hollow (past the falls)

Up the mountainside (by artesian springs)

Rise the cliffs I knew I’d have to climb

(Don’t tell me you understand)

It’s not the path I’d follow (I’ll go where it leads)

If I had the choice (I didn’t get a voice)

I need to clear my head of all the noise (make this chaos make some sense)

But there’s nowhere I can go that I’m not in these shadows

Here between the wind and water on uneven keel

Battering the forecastle and tearing at my sails

A long stay on the lee tide gripped by the devil’s claw

Listing, dragging anchor from mankind’s fatal flaw

Deep within the hollow (past the falls)

Up the mountainside (by artesian springs)

Rise the cliffs I knew I’d have to climb

(Don’t tell me you understand)

It’s not the path I’d follow (I’ll go where it leads)

If I had the choice (I didn’t get a voice)

I need to clear my head of all the noise (make this chaos make some sense)

But there’s nowhere I can go that I don’t hear these echoes

Melancholy evocation, a reminiscent trace

The mirror’s froze the image of your face

I’m OK but I’m not fine, not all wounds are healed by time

You said that this too will pass

As if memories know how long they should last

Deep within I’m hollow (I can’t get past the fault)

Beaten down inside (artesian springs run dry)

Standing on the cliffs I knew I’d climb

(Don’t tell me you understand)

It’s a bitter pill to swallow (I can’t force it down)

We stood here as a boy

Jumping wouldn’t clear my head of noise (but landing would relieve the sense)

This facade’s for show cause deep inside I know

There’s nowhere I can go that I don’t feel this hollow

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