A Paper Man

A paper man

Lighting candles

Doing things

He can't handle

Do the flames blame the paper?

Who's the real perpetrator?

Who's the cruelty curator?

Stay with me, see you later

Take a seat, feel free to leave

Or wait, but please don't create in me

The enemy

There doesn't need to be in you or I

A good guy or a bad guy

Or a victim or a villain

Even if we feel there could be

Even when we feel there should be

Friend, it is on me

Not to ask

But to see

Where I'm coming from

Not to beg

But to feel

The sanity

I stand upon

And yet it's not for thee

As I do so

To shake these roots with calamity though

I know it may be tempting

Let's try

Let's just try

While we still can

While we still can

Let's try

Would you

Would you be up for that?

Would you be up for that?

Would you

Would you be up for that?