Peripheral Vision

You carry my picture
 You wear me around your neck
 Sometimes like a treasure
 Sometimes like a cross
 To keep those vampire memories at bay
 You grin and you bear it
 You grin and you bear it
 I thought I saw
 Something run through this house
 Through the walls
 Without slowing down
 Flew across the room
 In my peripheral vision
 You carry my picture
 You found one in the draw today
 Wide-eyed nineteen like you
 Now I'm the old man
 And heavier in every way
 Better before the world
 Lead me astray
 That was the dream
 Pictures and moments
 But these are the days
 I thought I saw
 Something run through this house
 Through the walls
 Without slowing down
 A child flew through the room
 In my peripheral vision
 Now and then
 Is bringing you down
 Then and now
 Is wearing you out
 Don't look back
 Be here with me now
 If you can somehow
 Be here with me now
 I thought I saw
 Through the walls
 The child flew through the room
 A child flew through the room
 In my peripheral vision