Safekeeping

Safekeeping
 Paper Void
 Southside we held down that fire
 If I said we didn't I'd be lying
 Oh at the same time I was crying
 Paint on my canvas again
 There was a sound like chimes
 Coming from the bedroom in the morning
 Tangled up in twin beds like a warning
 Not to get too close to anything
 Aching for safekeeping
 Summer never ends when you're working freelance
 And living in the city
 Answering to nobody
 But the face on the screen
 All that money that you spent last night
 And the reason that your wallet's empty
 Looking for some innocent company
 Out on Mission and 16th
 Aching for safekeeping
 Early riser needing a pick me up
 Beating fatigue in some fisticuffs
 Traded everything I know for a bit of
 luck riding the wave that was in my gut
 No more back in the day now I'm packed in this train
 Thinking bout how to advance in this game so rapidly paced
 Move too slow fall flat on your face
 It's like we move with this impetus since
 removed from the womb when we're innocent
 Pray to this muse feeling dazed and
 confused stay your lane and obey all the rules
 Wide eyes to the world but some say that it's cruel and
 your oyster I guess it just depends on the school of thought
 I'm caught in the middle
 Stumped by this riddle big picture I'm stuck with some scribbles
 Life is something so brittle ego was big but it shrunk just a little
 Kicking up the dust I would settle in call it
 resurgence or genesis, some a kind of betterment
 I digress Embarcadero jet on this divine quest
 On this flight west it's the gold rush
 feeling so rushed trying to strike next
 Fast paced living, feel like some soul is the last thang missing
 Move along you can't stay wishing this
 train is leaving we're passing Mission
 Now everyday just feels like same
 seasons work from morn 'til the late evening
 Play the game seeking some safekeeping
 Aching
 Southside we held down that fire
 If I said we didn't I'd be lying
 Oh at the same time I was crying
 Paint on my canvas again
 There was a sound like chimes
 Coming from my bedroom in the morning
 Tangled up in twin beds like a warning
 Not to get too close to anything
 Aching for safekeeping