dreamer's curse (running)
i've just been out here running
all i do is run
through mazes that keep closing
towards that red sun
but the trees, they block my way
and i'm tripping on their roots
til i'm alone there in the forest
and the light is far from view
the colours are too far away
i chase them til i'm blue
but all i know is running
and i have nothing left to lose
just trying to reach that red sun
but every time i do
by the time i've made it
it's a different hue
and from the reeds i hear it
that same old broken tune
the one the old man used to play
from his sidewalk stoop
the one who played the sad songs
spoken in soft flute
the one with tired eyes
singing something bout the blues
and as i run towards that sun
they tell me "slow down fool"
the creatures who are trapped here
once dreamed the way you do
but i'll be crawling towards the red sun
til they're crawling to their tombs
they say one in a million make it
i'll keep running in case that's true
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