Edges of the World - Michael Cerveris

I f**king love beginnings

Flying high

It's hard to know where to start

It's all so fast

I'm trying not to spin

I guess I'm older

And it's harder when you're older to begin

Peeling plaster

Sagging roof

Two missing stairs

A buckled wall

I'm fired up to do this

But on my own for it all

So much damage

Broken windows

Pipes are shit

Crap veneer

It's hours later

Jesus I'm still standing here

Still standing here

But when the sunlight hits the parlor wall

At certain times of day

I see how fine this house could be

I see it so damn clear

What's the matter

Why am I standing here

Bad foundation

Twisting floorboards

Shoddy pipes

A gaping hole

It's a lot

It's a lot to keep under control

Something's cracking

Something's rotting

Piles of ruin and debris

Killing me

Crushing me

Pushing me

But when the sunlight hits the parlor wall

At certain times of day

I see how fine this house could be

I see it so damn clear

What's the matter

Why am I standing here

Dear al I'm scared

I had a life I thought I understood

I took it and I squeezed out every bit of life I could

But the edges of the world that held me up have gone away

And I'm falling into nothingness

Or flying into something so sublime

And I'm

A man I don't know

Who am I now

Where do I go

I can't go back

I can't find my way through

I might still break a heart or two

But when the sunlight hits the parlor wall

At certain times of day

I see how fine this house could be

I see it so damn clear

Oh my god

Why am I standing here