Count to Ten

You'll hold your breath and count
 You'll stop at ten
 And then need to do it over again
 But don't bite your tongue
 Come on tell me, tell what I already know
 'Cause we're not strangers
 Who'd sell our beloved discomfort for petty gold
 And nothing changes in Hell
 Its mouth is open, its eyes are closed
 Its claws are lashing and its rage exposed
 And I wait for you to revive my ghost from where I fell
 Where there is sound, there's life
 Sometimes I act like this
 To hear your shrieking prove that you exist
 If you ran the world
 We'd all be strapped in white jackets for feeling at all
 But what you've got
 Is just your black mortar, one way glass, brick and serenity wall
 And because I'm not on your side, I'm a trap
 My jaws are open, my ears are closed
 I'm poised and still, but ready to explode
 But it's not like that I promise there's no code
 And no secrets to unwrap
 You can't hold your breath forever
 Beneath the shelter of the sky
 'Cause my reflection in your water
 Will break the surface tension you've been swearing by
 This is a different world with every frame of time
 And time can see the living stillness you create
 When you stop counting and you breathe
 Your mouth is open, your eyes are closed
 Your hands are trembling and your teardrops flow
 And the moment rises to find us both, and it never leaves