“Eight Souls”
I count the eight souls
that orbit around me
and the eight faces
every time I scream
my voice is but a whisper
and so instead I cry
Maybe I'm the face
on the great clock of time
or am I the hands
left to spin forever
reaching the highest point
only to fall back down again
Why don't you know
I laugh when I'm afraid
can't you see the tears in my smile
do you hear the sadness in my words
have you seen me at the edge
and just walked on by
But for the noise
I would be utterly alone
even in the sea of voices
that fill this sad home
Life is a haunted ship
with too many rooms
left after the storm to wander
it hopelessly floats
there's no true home for it
nothing lasts, it just leaves
I count the eight souls
that orbit around me
and the eight faces
every time I scream
my voice is but a whisper
and so instead I cry
Maybe I'm the face
on the great clock of time
or am I the hands
left to spin forever
reaching the highest point
only to fall back down again
Why don't you know
I laugh when I'm afraid
can't you see the tears in my smile
do you hear the sadness in my words
have you seen me at the edge
and just walked on by
But for the noise
I would be utterly alone
even in the sea of voices
that fill this sad home
Life is a haunted ship
with too many rooms
left after the storm to wander
it hopelessly floats
there's no true home for it
nothing lasts, it just leaves
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