Dawn, why were you hiding?

Your clouds just melted through the horizon

They were gold, red and purple

Peeling backwards in the sun

Like the layers of a rose

The night held me as hostage

With its black blanket over my eyelids

Couldn't go any further

Than I ever did desire

From the cold comfort of your ghost

Quicksand in the foggy woods behind me

Flashing haunting images of darker times

But like the child who sees only what he's after

I didn't spy the other spinning gears in tandem

Gone, but not forgotten

Above, but not beyond it

Tore it down and teased the remnants

But thinking too much means to ache

And we're better when we don't

Quicksand in the foggy woods behind me

Flashing haunting images of darker times

But like the child who sees only what he's after

I didn't catch the signs pointing towards the better plan