so then you loved me
now after all of these years
you're still here

carnival me once
hostage my eyes, then open
field my heart

inverse your logic
so you see now who am I
silent me

alien this world
is it we all feel this way
who I am

so if you hold this
silence in your hand angers
cringe my soul

and now in this one (
could you please step aside now
) sad affair

do you pull back your words as you speak
speak - pull back your words - revise - repeat

speak your verse - then say it again
old thoughts couched in new words