Palinopsia

Every single night after the sky goes black

I see your face, I think you're back

You hover in the dark like you hang from a string

But i flip on the light and I don't find anything

It all makes sense, got ya burned in my retinas

You left my mind's eye paused

God awful optic tetanus

I never bother rolling over

'cause you're over there too

In the red light palinopsia

In the blue light palinopsia

In the purple light palinopsia

I walk down liberty street after dusk

A slave to a memory

Projecting your face on every pedestrian

I haven't found a match

But there was this one

With the right hair color and cut

Another was wearing those shoes you bought

Your voice made my cilia ring

Radiating out of the throat of a dead ringer

Singing on the corner for some change

In the red light palinopsia

In the blue light palinopsia

In the purple light palinopsia

12345 now you're all I see

You’re frozen in time like I need you to be

1234 I will sculpt you

A statue of a statue of a statue of a statue

123 take it easy

You’re frozen in time cause I froze you in time

So you'll always be there

No matter if you want to (1,2)

You are the only one (1)

You are the only one

All day, every day

Shadowy shapes are shifting back and forth behind

The seedy operations that devour my time

Don’t take me back, don't take me back

Take me back to that day

Every day

These shadowy shapes are threatening to steal my mind

i can't reason with them

Every method I’ve tried is a bust