stay

you're too old for fairytales they say
not too old to take a hit
get lost, or maybe find another way
to lose yourself bit by bit

lights burn through the moonlit sky
the starry holes clearer that ever
blind yourself, as much as you try
dreams were never supposed to be all that clever

so stay,
wont you listen to me play
the night is for lovers they say
and you wont know the dawn anyway

burnt rubber smell on that outside town road
of failed escapes,
well know ways, you got lost in
lost dreams that never had much shape


lights haunt my blinding dreams
they drive the madness to play
plagued with horrors; not to be seen
horrors, leave and come as they may

so stay,
till the winds take you away
for once time must stop, have pause
because time is as fleeting as it always was


amidst dark feelings so intense
a life lived fuller makes so much sense
the curve leads you into the night
one that's just begun, will be done in a trice

stay, choke on that hollow cry
not because you can, or want to
but with a strong urge to fly
you've got nowhere to fly to

i cannot and will not take entire credit/brickbats for this .. co-written at best