Model Homes
Dreams Beyond Walls: Pedro the Lion's Model Homes Journey
Lyrics
Once church emptied out
Leaving church services
We lobbied hard to look at track homes open houses
Strongly advocated to visit suburban houses on display
With our mom and dad
In the company of our parents
Fantasizing the air conditioning
Imagining the comfort of artificial cooling
Instead of quiet time in my room
Instead of spending time alone in my room
Where Sunday afternoon felt like a tomb
Where Sunday afternoons were dreary and oppressive
Never not dreaming big
Consistently aspiring for significant dreams
Looking at model homes again
Reviewing display homes once more
Tired of where we live
Weary of our current residence
Hoping that it's not if but when
Hoping for an inevitable change, not a question of 'if' but 'when'
Shuffling our shoes on brand new carpet
Shifting feet on fresh, untouched floor covering
Freeze tag with static electricity
Playing freeze tag with static electric charge
Wondering how our lives would be
Contemplating the potential of our future lives
I wanna live with someone else
Desire to live with someone different
Give them my whole self
Offering complete self to another person
I wanna not be lonely
Longing to escape loneliness
Never not dreaming big
Consistently aspiring for significant dreams
Looking at model homes again
Reviewing display homes once more
Tired of where we live
Weary of our current residence
Hoping that it's not if but when
Hoping for an inevitable change, not a question of 'if' but 'when'
When will the wait be over?
Asking when the waiting will end
When will the wait be over?
Reiterating the question of when the waiting will conclude
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