the window

let's draw each syllable out
when movie stars say I love you
cry tears for commercials
the dances of strangers
other lover's kisses

the scar tissue here is thick and deep
and when it's cut I don't feel
anymore


let's laugh and walk through days
with smiles and masquerades
let's wear our billboards proudly
no strange vandal has been
audacious enough to
scrawl truth across this
forehead

the scar tissue here is thick and deep
and when it's cut I don't feel
anymore

live safe and alive
says the preacher to his audience
waiting with bated breath
yes the fairy stories are true
tell us that, they demand silently
yes, they must be
yes

the scar tissue here is thick and deep
and when it's cut I don't feel
anymore