Settled Land

It used to be so romantic

But sometimes the luster gets lost and abused

It's good to find time to remember

All that we've done, the things we've been through

Please don't try to change or alter

Or stake a claim on settled land

We've been here before the grass became green

When the sound was new

I like to keep well rooted

When the anchor runs deep

You know the base never bends

Away from the you you believe in

Once you lose touch you begin to pretend

What used to bring fond memories

Leaves me now with no desire

The deeper this disease will spread

Thinner will our face appear

When after all is spent and done

Do you still think the choice you've made

Has been the right one?

I never thought I'd feel this way

For something for so long

I'm a whore for punishment

My time spent in purgatory

Hero or idiot just depends on

How you look at it

Settling for something less

Is like giving up on your last breath

Worn too thin to give advice

That no one needs to hear

I'd trade off all my privacy

For this dream 'til now has frightened me

I push to get, to give, to grow

To keep our will from suffering

You pull in the reins I'll bite the bit

Toss my head and throw you

You force the chord that never fits

I'll break the staff that holds it

Come on and tell me, tell me how to be

Go on and show me, show me what to see

Come on down you've got nothing to fear

It's a plain simple fact we all float down here!

I've seen Wickersham Brothers and Beezle Nut Oil

They'd love to try to boil you

Taggarts, Tooheys, Healots galore

Swearing "We'll never screw you."

When forever comes down to cover

Points a and b and all that's between

It's the stuff in the middle that matters

It moves you, it makes you

It is your whole being

Please don't try to change or alter

Or stake a claim on settled land

We've been here before the grass becomes green

When the sound was new

Before deals were dealt and pie was cut

When doors were ours to open and shut

But still the game's there to be played...or not