The Bones Underneath

The air here is cold and the memories are old

Like the occupants of the house I thought I knew

Where my past resides and where I grew.

Don't you remember?

I'm falling far behind in understanding this blood of mine.

This is why I stayed away all this time.

I'm not sure why I came. I guess I thought it would be the same,

But it's all so far from what I remembered.

I can see myself in you,

Can you see yourself in me too?

Please wake me up from this bad dream

So I'll find myself where you'll remember me.

I find myself reaching out to be

Something I didn't think was me

I guess I'm wrong again.

What here are you hiding me from?

How this denial keeps us undone.

I'm far from remembered.

I can see myself in you,

Can you see yourself in me too?

Please wake me up from this bad dream

So I'll find myself where you'll remember me.

Can you tell me what's happened here since

I've been gone?

Because the smell in the air and the feeling is

All wrong.

I'm not invisible.

Are you waiting to see how long I'll last?

Before my sanity breaks and I collapse?

I'm not invincible.

I can see myself in you,

Can you see yourself in me too?

Please wake me up from this bad dream

So I'll find myself where you'll remember me.

Is anyone here the same as when I left them that day?

Would you reply if I called you by name?

I drove with the windows down, tires gripped to the rain

Covered ground,

And there in the windshield I saw myself in you.