Singer/Songwriter Darren Block: Music
Almost Human
(Darren Block)
March 11, 2005
I DON’T WANT TO GO THAT WAY NO MORE
I SEE REFLECTIONS OF YOUR GHOST
THEY’RE DOING CARTWHEELS AT MY DOOR
BUT BABY I DON’T WANT TO GO THAT WAY NO MORE
I SET MY SOUL ON FIRE WITH PAPER MACHETE ROSES
I’VE LOOKED FOR LOVE INSPIRED BY RITUALS AND LIES
I’VE BEEN AFRAID TO WRAP MYSELF
IN SILKEN DREAMS THAT I’VE HELD FOND
AND I CANNOT CARRY ON MUCH LONGER
SOME CRAZY AFTERNOONS
I WATCH THE STARS POP LIKE BALLOONS
AND PRESS MY FACE AGAINST THE WINDOW OF MY SOUL
I LIVE BENEATH THE WAVES
IN FURNISHED ROOMS AND EMPTY CAVES
AND WILE THE HOURS AWAY
JUST ROTTING IN MY HOLE
THERE'VE BEEN TIMES
WHEN YOU SEEM LIKE YOU’RE ALMOST HUMAN
YOU DRAW THE LINE
WITH AN ERASER ON A STONE
YOU PICK UP COINS LIKE THEY WERE DIAMONDS
AND YOU PUT THEM IN A JAR
BUT YOU DON’T SEEM LIKE YOU’RE GETTING VERY FAR
I SET MY SOUL ON FIRE WITH PAPER MACHETE ROSES
I’VE LOOKED FOR LOVE INSPIRED BY RITUALS AND LIES
I’VE BEEN AFRAID TO WRAP MYSELF
IN SILKEN DREAMS THAT I’VE LET WANDER
AND I CANNOT CARRY ON MUCH LONGER