Disappeared

Somehow, I wound up on your bad side

til now, I guess I had a free ride

but now I join the queue

of people dead to you

the one-time chosen few

That’s all, that’s it,

you got yourself disappeared

the atom split, and you got back-engineered

you’re a forgotten face behind a beard—that’s it

that’s all

you’re gone

though I’ve been master of the thankless task

nearby are questions you just have to ask

was every enemy

bad as you made him be?

or were they just

some gullible stooge like me?

That’s all, that’s it,

you got yourself disappeared

the atom split, and you got back-engineered

you’re a forgotten face behind a beard—that’s it

that’s all

you’re gone

And everyone who knew you, said they’d been there too

and soon enough I’d see the mill you put them through

that “Irish Goodbye” you do

That's it, that's all

you got yourself disappeared

a curtain call

at which your absence was cheered

you're a forgotten face behind a beard

that's it, that's all

you're gone