Tony Dork

I met you when you were young and ordinary

Every doubt had an answer

We’d Retreat From The Sun when life was scary

Even still, we were dancers

I keep on flipping it over

There’s always one more side that I can’t see

I lay my head on your shoulder

So you can sing from the wounds

Where they cut you deep

Don’t let this become ordinary

Trying to sing along

My tongue gets heavy

Dredging words half remembered

Not every syllable’s wrong

Just slow and heavy

It’s too warm for December

I keep on flipping it over

There’s always one more side that I can’t see

I lay my head on your shoulder

So you can sing from the wounds

Where they cut you deep

Don’t let this become ordinary

The heat is rising, malaise decending

The song is over but I’m still spinning

Losing my foothold

The floor is bending

I count the ripples

That crash beneath my feet

I keep on flipping it over

There’s always one more side that I can’t see

I lay my head on your shoulder

So you can sing from the wounds

Where they cut you deep

Don’t let this become ordinary

I'm not as strong as I'm supposed to be