Lyrics / "Equivalent Grace"

(verse 1)
You say I’m ungrateful.
Label me distasteful.
A child, so hateful.
Like Romeo, fate’s fool
Drowning in stagnant pools
Of thought, caught in the lies
And bitter inside.
Tough love.

(verse 2)
Headache.
Heartache.
Always something.
The sun smiles injurously.
Brilliant smarting in my eyes,
Highlighting the antichrist
In my role-playing life.
Call me a collage, a montage—aren’t we all? Darkness covers daylight,
And I find myself lost in the night.
No matter.
I’d rather
Be there anyway.

(verse 3)
Black clouds o’er my soul
Are blinding my eyes
Like the shroud on my face
When I try to rewind (the tape).
Where am I going, and what have I done?
Do I mean anything to anyone?
Anxiety, incessantly.
Plague-striken mentality.
Indecision, constantly.
(I’m) Putting my life on the line
With the flip of a dime,
And the best, worst, best part
Is I don’t even care.

(verse 4)
Sometimes, it has to get worse
Before it gets better.
At least,
That’s what the radiologist told me.
Here in the RR,
Reviewing the instructions
Of my cardiologist, I believe him.
Bandages are more like
A certificate of survival
In my now-open, now eager eyes.
Surprise inside.
Sunshine to life.
Revitalized, I am alive and well.

(verse 5)
A care-free day.
Dauntless and doubtless,
Nothing stands in my way.
Lounging with clouds and thinking
Of something to say
That won’t crash the mood.
Won’t brood on the hours
Imbued with sweet nothingness.
Float away.

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