The North Face

Nighttime air is suffocating

windows suck the drapes inside out

dusk, precursor to a darkness... fall, fall, fall, fall

Bed-sweat sheets, mind is racing

the life I'm facing, dreams I'm chasing

overwhelmed, the synapse shocks unsoundly awake

I know I'm here, but I can't find the reason

summer solstice, longest day, for which I'm well seasoned

Remember you, lied beside me

lied here to me, then denied-declined me

pulled along, a silky string, then snapped away

my mind is racing, dark replacing - self-destructive, self-erasing

can't contend, the things I'm facing, window, wall, wall, wall

I know I just need to make it through the moment

to find a way to undertake some sort of atonement here, now

I need to sort out a way to save me

I need to make much more of what life gave me here

I need a shooting star

to cast my aspirations in the night

I need that spark of hope

to shine a light, bright tonight; zenith height

I need to dry my eyes, take a breath and inhale deep

sucked through the window,

flying high tonight

I need to be strong and seek the sweet light

Nighttime air is self-effacing

mind erasing, dream replacing

windows suck the curtains inside out.