Horizons (And I Need You in The Dark of Night)

A leaf falls, a teardrop

For Summer's dead again

A Soulless shadow

Can't get the girl

Left to express malaise

Horizons feel forced

Wars make the machines

Time has a way of settling

Hurt and  violence stand

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Heart can't find words

But today finds an independent mind

My limbs are tools that work

We lie about in naked form

Everyone's enjoying their body

Soft touch

Spasms of honesty

Erotic, negotiating

Mouths open delightfully

Horizons feel distant

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And more the leaves fall

I stand unburdened

Today's fantasies are free

Riding the dead beat

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Dark clouds heavy on my mind

I've felt like I never knew anybody

I've felt that pain inside me

I've known what it means to be lonely

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When I sin

I go halfway

When I am wrong

I go much too far

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Horizons filled with hope beautiful

Shock me again with my disorder

Breach again my fortress of hate and insecurity

I just stand around with a stupid grin

Dumb to meaning

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Help me

To understand

I dream we could be together

In my imagination we share

These new anomalies of life, love, and opportunity

I picture God's description of us

History and clothes unfashionably awkward

What is right for the ordinary boys and girls?

Sometimes it is just in the reaching!!!

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Feeling pure and sacred

And alas: a new tear!

Horizons expand boundless under a new loving sun

Wild and free, wide and free

Blue or red

It's strange in my mind

And I need you in the dark of night!