Silent Homecoming

I'm watching your lips yield

to every single move,

but the words fail to follow.

This life, so filled with beauty inanimate,

makes the idea hard to swallow.

In dark shadows, through times

of desperate brilliance,

a tear falls from the sky;

and I look through.

I look to you beyond bright city lights.

I've burnt my bridges;

there is no turning back;

with each breath I pray,

in each glance I fear.

I will stick to this path;

there will be no looking back,

ending an era, too soon to be here.

Your tragedy describes so vividly,

a masterpiece unto the world,

and just one familiar hollow voice that longs to be heard.

When a good thing goes wrong,

I find it hard to mistake the life

of a hero and the bonds that he'll break.

I've seen enough sorrow for five lifetimes to come;

my heart has been broken;

my mind has been numbed,

but each time at daybreak,

when the sun hits the sky,

it scatters its ashes and I feel so alive.

Exhale from the world, and I'll leave you behind.

You'll find me in silence.

You'll find me in silence.