Go West

Oh no malice does exist in these words I am now writing

Although one might catch the faintest glance at sorrow

I'm but trying hard to grasp all these fragments as they're passing

Piece the puzzle now before the trail grows cold

And I'm not asking for the answers in mathematical equations to be culled and calculated by unbiased hands

For at truth I am so stricken

And I dare only to forever dance

Which proves I am the better broken half

Oh and I am but the bitter better half

In my callous speculations

They leave no room for calm or reason

I have placed myself in altars that are hollow

So adept at finding weakness

I smell fear and close my fists

Unaware the stench I'm smelling is my own

So yeah, you left me and I'm bitter

And my pride is shocked and raw

For I believe I will be changing roads no more

I know that life is full of dead ends

But I saw us as a highway

Ever stretching on from coast to golden coast

Oh, but now instead I'm singin'

Go west, Emily

Grab your boots and find yourself somewhere

I'll find another lover in the east

I said go west, Emily

Yeah you know you've got my blessing

But you can't expect these eyes of mine to watch you leave

So with no malice I'll begin just once more to tell our story

Though the ending I may never hope to know

You were a sweet and sound companion

Though our paths led us apart

And I may never sleep so soundly as I did while in your arms

Now all I ask is you remember who you loved and who you lost

Please don't bury me in silence

Or blackest shroud of thought

Don't pretend that what we had was any less than what it was

For I will not soon be forgetting the reasons why we fought so hard to make it work

But go west, Emily

Grab your boots and find yourself somewhere

I'll find another lover in the east

I said go west, Emily

You know you've got my blessing

But you can't expect these eyes of mine to watch you

Go west, Emily

Grab your boots and find yourself somewhere

I'll find another lover in the east

I said go west, Emily

You know you've got my blessing

But you can't expect these eyes of mine to watch you leave