Fluorescent

Step down from the missing stair

And sit up in the empty chair

An illusion of influence

Painted on the ceiling

It’s not like you were ever there

Sick hearts for a healthy prayer

Could it be so obvious

It’s so unappealing

Up to the waiting room

I know we never had time

To say goodbye

The flowers never bloom

When it’s the vase that decides

We’re inside

And now it’s closing in

Take the lift to the basement

Where they call it enslavement

Don’t tell me to be patient

Always looking for something

Why can’t it just be one thing

Nothing more than an upswing

I'm swinging up

Hide the note in the corner

Maybe it’ll be warmer

When the Sun comes I’ll warn her

Thirty days till eleven

I never learned my lesson

And I’ll see you fluorescent

A trial inside the tomb

All for the turn of the tides

We’re inside

The flowers never bloom

When it’s the vase that decides

We’re inside

Up to the waiting room

I know we never had