Veneer

If you were given the choice,

would you stay for the ride?

Or do you think we should run and hide?

I may not be perfect,

but say what you will

No one goes anywhere just standing still

You know that feeling when it's finally done

and it turns out the journey was all the fun

And how you never see that coming 'til you're at the end

and it's too damn late to start again

So when you find what you came to see

Remember, when you get what you want,

you may find what you need

Hearts break and bodies shake

This isn't a race to see how much you can take

And I know life is a war, but there's something more

So don't go thinking no one's been there before

You can always run away, but I'll be right here

If you'll let me stay

Now just look in the mirror and say it's okay,

then at the end of the day rip the veneer away

Things are different after 12 am

and that sinking feeling's sneaking up again

But those same things are different now

and this time I'm not sinking down

I'd say I love you, but it's not like before

and I'd say I miss it, but I don't anymore

Because roads twist and paths appear

but sometimes anything's better than just standing