Here On This Ledge (11/12/06)

Everybody gathers to see you on this ledge
Wanting to jump twice for the people making bets
Willing to risk it and then lose it all on a whim
To quiet the restraint that’s been hounding you within
Cause you found a line of sin drawn across the sand
But the waves had worn it over, though you think you understand
So you hold your breath much longer and wait for the right moment
Then you dive into emotions, a release that’s been so potent
Cause you’ve been busting at the seams and tearing at the vessels
Staring at the sand while you listen to their heckles
And every sense you have is spinning every vision
Waiting ’til you fall in a painted white collision
It’s a painful mind’s decision, a cavernous chest cavity
You ask if it’s all worth it or will it all embarass me
Painted, hidden faces, they’re like columns for our levity
The weight of our sobriety will always hold us steadily
Cause nobody will cherish me, not without these curtains
The crowd there down below will think they know for certain
One jump to feel alive again before you hit reality
And crash into the judgments of your ever growing fallacy
Lying in your tragedy, sitting near temptation
Sinking even lower to ingest your hesitation
But you guess the reservations are every thing that’s meant to be
I want to see you jump, her blackened eyes say temptingly

Notes: I had a few more lines but chose to end it there. In my mind, everything is said even if it’s a few lines shorter than I like.