Insufficient Canvases (2009)

And, There are some things I can’t say aloud to you
That I can confess to a crowd, I do not
Really understand why I prioritize upside down
Carry on your way or come back, I’ll be ok either way.

I’ve been living every year at a day by day pace
Turning every corner, expecting to see your face on
Every stranger, I’m starting as they pass by
Two years ago, you left sunspots on my eyes.
And they say its time to move on…

But I will not settle for less
I won’t let anyone get in my way.
My cannon’s armed and ready,
the fuse is lit I cannot lower my aim.

Another hour and I’ll force myself off this phone
Wondering would I rather if I had never known
What its like to yearn more then your words can right
But then I could never say “Hey, man, I know just what that’s like”
When they say “I just can’t move on…”

But I will not settle for less
I won’t let anything get in my way.
My cannon’s armed and ready, the fuse is lit
I cannot lower my aim.

A painter that wants the sea,
Recreated on Insufficient canvases
Every stoke is awkward and wrong
Like these words, Like this song
Elocution flaws.

You never taught me how to drive, only how to turn the car on,
So I guess I won’t leave the parameters of this garage.
I’m asleep at the wheel while its running in place
As drive-by day dreams paint smiles on my face
I know they’re not real, but I think they could be someday
Yet I’m finding, finding myself won’t be as easy
As writing poetry, So I sleep…

But that would be settling for less!
That’d be letting myself get in the way.
And my cannon is armed and ready, and the fuse is lit
And I will not let you get away.

And there are some things I won’t say aloud to you
That I just confessed to this crowd I do not
Really understand why I prioritize upside down
Carry on with your life or come back…