Give me space from the distance, a break in the silence A face to the surface and open my eyes Give me words with a purpose that hurt us and burn us For brittling, kindling, tumbleweed lies She pulled my eye and touched me twice I froze when I felt the connecting of wires So what I remembered, the accidental fires I guess I must still be alive Go ahead and pine for the pageantry of youth Claim it and dream it, all the pretty girls do I could learn not to care, lose some weight, change my hair What a waste of the things I've been through It doesn't happen in the dark or the silence, it's long It's there or it isn't, it's right or it's wrong I feel smug when it's powerful, when it's wordless, mechanical Forceful when it's angry and sad when it's gone Yeah, it's sad when it's gone Someone new reminds you and that's how it ends Unfolds and rewinds you, and the years melt away Of course it was wrong, you must have known it all along It wasn't lazy, complacently, words you can't say And now you don't have to, it's finally right It was all in the chemistry, now you don't fight Through the night for connection, acceptance, deception There's no recollection, only skin, touch, and sight Thank God for reprieve, for the primitive peace Discovering beautiful, easier ways And closing the door on that joyless old bore Anniversary mercifully fading away It was just an old promise, a dogma at best A square on the calendar, a bulletproof vest Be your own magic feather and put it to rest Give it back to the keeper of days It's just an ordinary day now It's just an ordinary day It's an ordinary day