The Dubious Glow of Excess

Here we stand arm in arm
 at the corridors of time and reason
 with jaws set
 Our collective gaze unflinching
 Under the eyes of gods, men, martyrs and saints
 And what if all your hopes and dreams came true
 tomorrow
 would you lie
 Basking in the dubious glow of excess
 Forsaking all other
 Life alone with a broken promise
 These thoughts wont pray away
 Stand still stone cold and empty
 Begging grace to favor this soul
 One more day
 Im struck blind
 With it all
 Ive never been the kind to say im sorry
 Its strange
 To hear the dead keep calling
 How many restless days and nights will pass
 As the salience of all your broken reveries
 Hammers upon your consciousness
 and will tomorrow bring anything
 save the vacant reproach
 of your pensive ministrations
 Run out the pain of indifference and avarice
 All the small towns and cigarettes
 Ive seen much more than I wished for
 Watched our surface calling in all his debts
 So once again we stand staring into the sable horizon
 our jaws set
 Collective gaze unflinching
 Under the eyes of gods, men, martyrs and saints