Squirrel Flats Band

Lyrics

The space between us moved and bent; it chilled and thawed, it came and went.

Sometimes a fire would ignite, offering its heat and light.

We’d turn and gaze into the glare, two fools pretending not to care.



We’d let the fire die back down, smoldering upon the ground.

Our lives were fraught with hurt and loss, we turned away, ignored the cost;

two fools who came to watch the show, put out the fire, and softly go.



The space between was made of fear, charged with wounds and unwept tears.

We lived life rigid and distraught; we chose defeat more than we ought.

We preferred to be apart; we would not risk a fragile heart.



We watched as passion came and went, bored, depressed, indifferent.

We were confused; false was true. We knew not what we thought we knew.

We chose the haven of decay; we wasted yet another day.



We were bitter, numb and dead, with monsters hiding in our beds.

Hypnotized, we tried to care, yet we remained adrift and scared.

We’d meet each other’s eyes and stare, two fools pretending we weren’t there.



We were the dopes obsessed with dreams, so lost in unproductive schemes,

consigned to live in want and dread, exploring whom to blame instead;

we chose to live resentment’s curse, and thus we spent our time on earth.