I was walking down the street today
When I stepped off a curb into ten years ago
I was ten years past, and I saw myself at the age of twenty-one
Looking right back at the man I've now become.
I scared myselfI was horrified,
but elated too, like I'd
escaped from ten year's jail
I'd never known was full of hell.
Instantly I realized
this had happened to me once before
When I was the younger guy,
and now I'd have to live it though once more.
Yes, I seduced myself.
I took me home.
I whispered only I could make
the younger guy feel less alone.
I was playing with myself.
We were playing house,
pretending we could hide inside
the past and future to avoid our present self.
I loved myself so much that day.
I thought that I could trick my fate.
I took the fall for ten year's time,
thinking that it would be a pleasant wait.
Yes, down on Destiny Street today
I found out twice
that playing for the past or future
is playing with a fool's paradise.
1 | You Gotta Lose |
2 | I'm Your Man |
3 | The Hunter Was Drowned |
4 | Downtown At Dawn |
5 | Another World |
6 | Blank Generation |
7 | Going, Going, Gone |
8 | Love Comes In Spurts |
9 | Monkey |
10 | The Plan |