Rich To Rags

(album: Pears - 2020)

Patience astounding
Intermittent harsh and sweet
Cardinal grounding
Light the path beneath my feet

Safety first
And feelings last
Baptized aggressions
Of the past
To lead foul beasts
Experience points increased

First month's relent
Scheduled for subjects
Just partially present

I've come to pass
And never seem to stay
I go from rich to rags
In 27 days
The compass packed
Is twirling a ballet
And now I'm hanging
With the big kids
And I'm broke
And I feel like a baby

In the sewer of
A section of the citadel
I rise from the dredges
Ring the bell
I need a rescue
And I'm sorry for the smell

Hold me up
The whimsical weightlessness of an imposter
Put me on a plane
And send me home

I won't escape my karmic debt
But maybe you
Could save me yet
Awoken as one
Idyllic and whole

A traveller made broken undone
Can you salvage my soul
Or am I stuck like this?

I've come to pass
And never seem to stay
I go from rich to
Rags in 27 days
The compass packed
Is twirling a ballet

Now we're hanging
With the big kids
And we're banging
And we're smoking trees
Hanging with the big kids
Bring the laymen
To their fucking knees