Big Wide Empty

I like to watch the right decisions dance around my

head

and sit around reflecting on the ones I made instead

I got lost in thralldom right away

And look at where I am today:

Fingering a thin and fraying string forever

And if it drags me down what can I do but follow

To swim against a vortex or to lie me down and wallow?

The big wide empty...

(lie me down)

The big wide empty...

Brought up in seclusion

California breeds confusion

When your fossil fuels run dry meet me under the

delusion

We could leap off of the infrastructure

Choose our words less carefully

The music of a thrumming nerve

a rhapsody

And if it drags me down what can I do but follow

To swim against a vortex or to lie me down and wallow?

The big wide empty...

(lie me down)

The big wide empty...

I cannot see the edges and I cannot see the guts

No, I cannot see the rivets and I cannot see the struts

And the line between open and embarrassing is hard to

see at best

and ever-narrowing...

My dear old friendly passing acquaintance, it's really

good to see ya.

It's been a while, to say the least

(is always a good idea).

We knew how we felt and what to say

and look at where we are today:

waiting for the string to break

And if it drags me down, what can I do but follow?

To swim against a vortex or to lie me down and wallow

The big wide empty

(lie me down)

The big wide empty

Tonight I saw the edges, cause tonight I finally tried

a bit

Look what came of it