School yards to smokey bars/
All these shadows a long the wall/
Wide eyed under endless skies/
When ceilings seemed so tall/
Erase and replace/
I found a monster to call my own/
Reflections trace a changing face/
Regrets in flesh and bone/
I've built this castle in sand/
It becomes smaller with every grain/
I've built this future with my hands/
The silouhettes mark my gain/
Suffocate this child and choke on the result/
These seeds with no light/
A blind will to grow/
Blueprints of descent/
It's etched in the past that we all know/
Scarred chins and splitting shins/
Caloused with fears that show/
Erase and replace/
I found a monster to call my own/
Red crayons and open hands/
I was taught by sticks and stones/
Seperated but the kids still breathing/
Somewhere in between/
It's when our limbs they weigh us down/
We retrace the seams/
But under cold rain and hot air I once watched time stand still/
I stepped back and smiled at the small shoes that I've filled/