Chirps

I could trace
These lines there on the pavement
Dim and stale
Like jars left in the basement

Glaze in the dark
But you can still tell the shape of it
Smoke in my eyes
Caught in a tape that I keep on me

Why is it such a pain to rewire a new you
Life takes and takes with few precise little moves
A story that keeps happening in a shallow mild blues
Bashing any blessing vows into fragments of wood

Cast aside
Disarmed and relocated
Posed upright
To make some room to breathe in

Glaze in the dark
But you can still tell the shape of it
Smoke in my eyes
Caught in a tape that I keep on me

Why is it such a pain to rewire a new you
Life takes and takes with few precise little moves
A story that keeps happening in a shallow mild blues
Bashing any blessing vows
I'm held together with glue

Freak out, push the lever
Wait, call out the cue
Fill each tiny gap and
Connect the dots with clues
Go out, chase the weather
Give a dog your shoes
Fix it up then clamp it down

For what it's worth, I'm gonna try and find a way

What are the miles for?
What are the strides for?
We're frail like chirps in the woods
What are the pages for?
What are the falls for?
We're frail like chirps in the woods