Promised

The ghostly possibilities You could conjure with your hands The rest of us could tell you were inspired Though sometimes it seemed a little planned I loved to watch you sleeping in the morning light Before you set your face Before the others, even me, before we crowded in And you were free a little from time and space But you promised me, you promised me That you wouldn't run and hide And in the evenings sometimes When I'm sad and half asleep I wonder if you should have tried Gonna go and have a sit-down With the sit-down types When I crawl out of my bed When I'm done lying to all the liars Gonna go and lie back down Put the cardboard crown back on my head If I close my eyes while walking Will you come and take my hand? I remember how it feels I could stand so very still Every crowded corner Crossing every avenue There's a chance, there's a chance, there's a chance But you promised me, you promised me That you wouldn't run and hide And in the evenings sometimes When I'm sad and half asleep I wonder if you should have tried But you promised me, you promised me That you wouldn't run and hide But in the mornings When I'm cold and wish I was asleep I wonder if you weren't right I know that, for you the world was painful like a fire I'm waiting, not, with patience, nor desire But soft despair, pale and cold And knowing that I knew you were a liar But you promised me, you promised me That you wouldn't run and hide And in the evenings sometimes When I'm sad and half asleep I wonder if you should have tried But you promised me, you promised me That you wouldn't run and hide But in the mornings When I'm cold and wish I was asleep I wonder if you weren't right Whatever words, whatever words I thought you promised me Let me cast them from my mind I can stand before the stillness of reality Just gotta give it time Gotta give it time Gotta give it time