Reveries
Contemplating Life's Impermanence
Lyrics
Light spills in through the window
Light enters the room through the window.
And I watch the dust as
Observing the dust particles drifting in the sunlight.
It drifts through the sunbeams
Reflecting on the beauty of sunbeams and dust.
Oh, while you stand cold in the kitchen
Someone is emotionally distant in the kitchen.
And all you've been wantin' collects in
Desire accumulates in the mind.
The space behind your eyes
The emotional space within, where thoughts reside.
But I still wonder when my teeth went
Reflecting on the loss of innocence or carefree attitude.
I used to fear nothing and
Previously fearless, now deep in contemplation.
Now I just contemplate
Engaging in thoughtful reflection.
The light spills in through the window
Repetition of light entering, emphasizing its significance.
And you watch the clouds in the
Observing clouds in the distance and realizing time constraints.
Distance and know we're outta time
A sense of running out of time.
You don't owe me
Declaring that no debt is owed.
You don't owe me a thing
Reiterating the absence of obligations.
I have always been lost
Expressing a perpetual state of being lost.
It's a comfortable place
Being comfortable in the state of being lost.
I don't owe you
Stating the absence of debt in return.
I don't owe you a thing
No reciprocal obligations exist.
You were always just
Perceiving someone as unsaveable or beyond rescue.
Something that I could never save
Addressing the impossibility of saving someone.
Time stops and all my old nightmares
Time seems to halt, confronting past fears.
Are standing before me
Past fears resurface and confront the present.
I wonder how they ever did their jobs
Questioning the effectiveness of past fears in their roles.
And I lay on the carpet
Lying on the carpet and revisiting memories.
And sift through my reveries
Engaging in thoughts and reflections.
Try on the ones that still bite
Examining memories that still have an impact.
Sometimes I wonder where you are now
Contemplating the whereabouts of someone.
And if you ever found some happiness or
Speculating on whether that person found happiness.
Just another way to kill the time?
Questioning if happiness was found or if time was merely passed.
But I knew when this started that
Awareness of impermanence from the beginning.
I was never permanent
Recognizing a temporary nature, not a permanent presence.
Was just another stop along the line
Acknowledging a transient role along life's journey.
You don't owe me
Reiteration of no owed debts in the relationship.
You don't owe me a thing
Emphasizing the absence of obligations.
I have always been lost
Restating the perpetual state of being lost.
It's a comfortable place
Comfort found in the familiarity of being lost.
I don't owe you
Declaring no obligations in return for the lack of debt.
I don't owe you a thing
No reciprocal responsibilities are acknowledged.
You were always just
Reiterating the perception of someone as unsaveable.
Something that I could never save
Addressing the inability to rescue or save that person.
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