Ride After Ride

well no one ever said

time goes faster when you're dragging your bones

stuck at home

and in your eyes I caught

the actual fire of just what living could be

and that's gone from me

so you had to go

oh why did I move so slowly

mouth frozen over the word wait

running like it wasn't too late

on train lines on bus rides

through snow storms through clear skies

past house lights past windows

through curtains catch fire glows

and so what riches lay

out there where you went to where I never could go

cause my holes might show

and I still think of you

in my mind I watch you catching ride after ride

it all opened wide

and you should know

I'd have run from myself lurching

like something broken for the gate

running but it was too late

on train lines on bus rides

through snow storms through clear skies

past house lights past windows

through curtains catch fire glows

past dinners past laughter

close your eyes go faster

past missing past hoping

past drinking past smoking

past old books past new clothes

to nights where no moon rose

past phone calls past hands held

kiss them like they're the whole world

past loving past taking

to new starts you're making

I'm watching from back here

I'm so glad you got clear