LEFT AND RIGHT


Lost and lonely, not the same
I was once enthused to hear a story
Now my mind lies far away

Drifted away from the place I lived
Been dragged from where I used to belong
I didn't fight or struggle
I didn't mind

Something clenched its fist
And held my heart with claws
There was no promise of what may come
No talk of something greener

I know it didn't happen this way
It's what I'd like to think, it hurts
I packed my mind and soul away
And followed the unknown road

No-one likes to hear
I won't say anything anyway
No-one needs to hear
So there's nothing I can say

Is there no love back home?
It's been swept under the un-welcome mat
My soul resides at another house
While my body sits at home

It's a life that doesn't make sense
Can you understand how this works?
Never felt this way, just never felt
I tell myself how to be, but every day I change

It's dark and I hurt my knee
Holy, just isn't me, but I'll try
It's not the same will I owned
When I was somebody's son

It's better on holiday
Than being stuck at home, alone
I'll find an understanding
And a person I can be
Only on vacation is this person I know


28/10/98