[I] Ah, I — I am neverknown. Experience writes my secret ghost — The one sitting closed like a book inside my shelf. You trace twisted thirsty roots from all my faultlines — thoughts still waters have never known. The promises to myself — jagged failures that sharpen unlearned lessons like life from inside a nest of swords. The echo seen, that polished lie — An easy smile, Sincerest "Hi." The version in the light — A simple shape — A vein of color. Just a person — nothing more or less. * * * [II] I keep the shape. What else do I put on? A mask, a vest, a gun — Who knows the story, Or just the parts I wrote down? The public vein. Director's cut. The words I wore. The worlds let go. I polished the stone until I dropped. A skin un-owned but for the fault lines. The Earth shakes feelings through my bones. Thunder tunes the flood. No skies can rush. Oh the truths I can keep And the secrets I've broken — These characters let go. These characters let go. Thunder tunes the blood. No wise men rust. A stranger's face I wore I am the only one who sees this moment. And what I know — a view no one owns. That weight I have learned to name... By any cost that's truly known. By any cost that's truly known. The promises to myself — jagged failures that sharpen unlearned lessons like life from inside a nest of swords. The echo seen, that polished lie — An easy smile, Sincerest "Hi." The version in the light — A simple shape — A vein of color. Just a person — nothing more or less. * * * [II] I keep the shape. What else do I put on? A mask, a vest, a gun — Who knows the story, Or just the parts I wrote down? The public vein. Director's cut. The words I wore. The worlds let go. I polished the stone until I dropped. A skin un-owned but for the fault lines. The Earth shakes feelings through my bones. Thunder tunes the flood. No skies can rush. Oh the truths I can keep And the secrets I've broken — These characters let go. These characters let go. Thunder tunes the blood. No wise men rust. A stranger's face I wore I am the only one who sees this moment. And what I know — a view no one owns. That weight I have learned to name... By any cost that's truly known. By any cost that's truly known.
