Boxed Butterfly

You fly away again

Something tells me i'll be hitting desperation point

For a friend in maybe two days, maybe one and a half

But by then it's always too late

By then i will be forced to laugh at myself aloud

Insecure, still no immunity to the cold i now feel

In my bones

You coccooned me

Far too tightly

And now i'm left alone to wonder why

I'm like a boxed butterfly

And i fear that there will be

No one to fly to

Like a boxed butterfly

And so i will stay right here in this room

Right here without you

Oh yeah you fly away again

Traffics so loud and i can hear that man shouting

Shouting he's so unhappy all the time

Which brings to mind the peace i just cant seem to find inside

And there's this cold, down, way down in my bones

Oh god not again

Oh god not this again

I'm just like a butterfly that cant fly

The balcony

The ground moves away when i look down

Over in number 29 all appears to be just fine til he comes home

Then he comes home

There behind the fresh cut blooms he throws his arms around the room and

Pretty soon he will be gone

Over in number 25 shadows dancing on the blinds and

She is blinded by the white line fever

A million things she'd rather be

Imprisoned by neccessity

Tonight she feeds the keeper

Chorus

And the balcony's so high

A little too high for me tonight

The ground moves away when i look down

Over in number 22 she gets home late again from shcool

And daddy smiles behind his evening paper

If mummy only knew the truth of how he sneaks into her room

The lock removed, who will save her

Chorus +

Whether or not i'm here

It's insignificantly clear

When we are dust my dear

The world goes round

Flowers line the balcony, they celebrate their anniversary

In number 23

For all their tears and blood and war

I know see what i am fighting for

And it makes me smile

Chorus +

I contemplate my worth

Before i give this body back to earth

Though i am only sea

I'm not prepared to drown

So i turn my face around and i step down