Has something gone wrong here?
Have I just been asleep?
During this time of cleansing
When violet flowers weep
I’m lying in a field of them
asleep in the sunlight
Where will my wanderings carry me?
When will this journey end?

Have I been away too long?
Is that why I can’t connect?
Was what she said so long ago right?
Am I too shallow to reflect?
All I can see surrounding me
The light and coming rain
I hope the sky pours down me
At least it won’t be still the same

I’m tired and I’m hungry
Guess I’ll work today so I can eat
I’ve been sleeping at a truckstop
Since Saturday last week
But I still have my words
The pages in this book will last
As long as I can cling to them
I’ll be connected to my past

It’s been too long since I heard you
I miss your smile and your voice
And I wish I didn’t leave you
But I didn’t have a choice
These people don’t understand
They never go far from home
And even if they do
They don’t do it alone

I got a five dollar bill in pocket
I spent nothing on this beer
But it feels like something’s missing still
The answer still isn’t coming clear
I think about you all the time
The way your heartstrings pull on me
I’m like a puppet playing boy
A slave that’s playing free

Sure there have been others
But never one like you
I felt so warm and safe inside
I’m sorry you did too
I gotta state ID
From a place I’ve never been
With a name I cannot recognize
Or remember when

I found it on a dead man
He had checked out before me
No one is gonna remember his name
No one but me
I gave it to the police but
they don’t fucking care
no matter how far along we come
a derelict’s not there

But the sun is hiding now
And the sky is open wide
Everything in this world hurts so
I’ll never understand why
I’m faceless now you know
Tell my mom I’ll be okay
Another day in the trenches
Hundreds of miles away