Joys Too Often Hollow
Echoes of Hollowed Joys
Lyrics
Once upon a time
Reflecting on a past time
In a spinning wheel of rhyme
A cycle of poetic expression
A dream was made and let astray
A dream created but lost
In the void of yesterday
In the emptiness of the past
Oh, how often times we yearn
Desire for a life to return quickly
For a life to soon return
Yearning without focus
Never focused on our treason
Unaware of betrayal
Of the ripe arriving season
Of the approaching ripe season
Oh, joys too often hollow
Expressing the emptiness of joy
Too far gone for one to follow
Irretrievable and challenging to pursue
The purest form of sorrow
Purest form of sorrow
Is disdain for all tomorrow
Disdain for the future
Joys too often wrong
Incorrect or misguided joys
In the penning of this song
In the creation of this song
Old language laid for one to wait and wallow
Using old language to wait and suffer
In joys too often hollow
In the hollowness of joys
We only let our minds run free
Allowing thoughts to roam freely
In the dust of what they long to be
In the remnants of unfulfilled desires
Naked stares of vital shame
Naked expressions of essential shame
For there never comes a day
No day when the shame disappears
The exaggerated truth
Exaggerated truth of a past fixed in youth
Of a former fixed in youth
In the days of struggle
With all dog days on the rise
As difficult times increase
In their helpless vacant eyes
In their helpless, vacant eyes
Oh, joys too often hollow
Reiteration of the emptiness of joy
Too far gone for one to follow
Irretrievable and challenging to pursue
The purest form of sorrow
Purest form of sorrow
Is disdain for all tomorrow
Disdain for the future
Joys too often wrong
Incorrect or misguided joys
In the penning of this song
In the creation of this song
Old language laid for one to wait and wallow
Using old language to wait and suffer
In joys too often hollow
In the hollowness of joys
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