welcome my friends
my schemers and dreamers
who have you brought
my whiners and diners
what have you wrought
my suers and doers

with a quick flick of the wrist
a gentle tightening of the finger
and a singular thrust of the blade

Come home lost ones
you hopers and dopers
settle your debts
you sowers and owers
relinquish your fears
you sneaks and freaks

with a quick glance at the son
a gentle tightening of the heart
and a singular act of faith

what would you do, if i told you
what i really thought?
would you run?
would you lock me away?
what would you do, if i did to you
what i really wanted?
would you cry?
would you scream?
what would you do, if i acted toward you
what i saw you do?
would you cry foul?
would you see the truth?
what would you do, if i showed you
what you really are?
would you deny?
would you end it all?

tell me, just what you would do?

I can't sleep tonight
it's too quiet in here
all I'm left with
are the sounds in my head

The sound of my footsteps
down an empty hall
The sound of my breathing
in an empty bed
The of my spoon
across the bottom of an empty bowl
The sound of my heart
aching in an empty life

Relief now
the bark of a lone dog
a single air conditioner starts
a tire squeals
Relief now that the quiet is gone

(but the emptiness...)