tell me again, tell me a million times over
strike the key, put a penny in the queue, write a melody of how you've known her
could you place it in a bottle and set it sail to my shores -
join the list of admirers who swam for consolation evermore
the hourglass sand buried this song and dance
two steps right, one back, how redundant is this stance?
I'd repeat it everlasting if promised
yet long ago fled the summer birds who shot the arrow honest
national treasure, pedestal growing like a cut to the chin
blame pointing but the man in the mirror buries the sin
is this mystery worth the lessons?
if you traipsed around the ballroom, ambiguous practices now effervescent
an enchanted night awaits you but clairvoyance follows
your future phantom forewarning like the ghost of elder Otto
ambiguphobia scratches the walls of my chalkboard
I only watch in Ariel's grotto as the music sears my eyes like a bayonet sword
the beat quite memorized, Side A the replica of Side B
I'll flip the record searching for new language, new alliterations, new similies
one chord per measure, my calculations unproven
I wrack my brain for the passcode that initiates me to collusion
they puppeteer me again, unleash my strings from the vault
a marionette sure to misstep, sure to re-dance this waltz