Matthew Parmenter - In The Dark

what is that on the floor?
is it a woman? it is a woman
is it real?
is it a human? it is a human
is it real?

what is that in the dark?
is it a monster? it is a monster
is it me?
is it a mirror? it is a mirror
is it me?

I never knew I could fly
these pliant laws defy
this dream I lived with you
turn the page now and let's review
between the ground and sky

forgot my clothes today
I start, but none look my way
naked and unashamed
always how the question is framed
l'm shriveled, old and gray
and all say

it's over now, this film this fairy tale
when all the dead are dead and gone

tonight I lost control
although the car seemed whole
to lose a faith in man
is this how the story began?
the car careens, I roll
bless my soul

it's over now, this fraud this fantasy
when all the dead are dead and gone

night night
in the dark dark
through the still still
past the lost lost
from the sleep sleep
to the late late
for the wake wake

and I thought you would stay
but you're gone and I can‘t find my way in the
dark
and there's no one to laugh with or cry with or be
with and fight with
and l'm left holding on
just the kid with the kite string in his hand
and I don't want to fight anymore
with myself
and the wind
and the time

still bracing for the fall
from where I can't recall
awake or hit the ground
the panic swells, I sprawl
now bounce ball

it's over now, this flight this fakery
when all the dead are dead and gone

and so it's over now, this fear this folderol
when all the dead are dead and gone

night night
in the dark dark...