42 Lakeview Drive
The house down at the end is where we reside
It's old but not so bad
The rent is low, for which we all are glad

My father and mother
Myself, the composer
Live among others
But rarely are bothered
It's far from perfect, but it's home

I am haunted by this music in my brain
An opus for the ages
But then
It rejects my page and pen

But that's life
In the house
At the end
Of Lakeview Drive

[Instrumental]

It's 1 PM and I just woke up
I should have gone to bed much earlier
It's just so hard when your inner clock ignores the sun
And a moment of uninterrupted peace is what you yearn for

I haul my sorry self downstairs
Still only half awake and barely even ten percent alive
They make the same old jokes, but I don't really care
They don't know what it's like to be so close, and yet so far behind

Wait, there, further down the hall
A pool of red from underneath the door
It's Simpson, a tenant like the rest
Vacant, with an ice pick in his chest

Stricken down in cold-blooded murder
With not a clue of who’s to blame
I blinked my eyes and my world was shattered
Was it my destiny to see the death of Simpson

Father and mother
Someone call for aid
He's losing blood and he is fading, fading quickly
From the living realm
I'm sorry son, the telephone
Won't work, he can't be saved

I can't believe my own eyes
This horrid act of brutal homicide

Poor Simpson
A tenant just like us
From ashes
To ashes, dust to dust

Stricken down in cold-blooded murder
With not a clue of who’s to blame
We blinked our eyes and our world was shattered
Is it our destiny to share the fate of Simpson

Looking on in disbelief
Still reeling from the gruesome scene
I hear the sound of little feet and
My heart is torn into pieces

It's Simpson’s one and only daughter
She only just turned six
Curiosity turns into horror
As she notices

Struggle
To find the words to say
Buckle
Underneath the weight of Simpson
Broken
The thoughts inside her head
Chosen
Not to understand what's happened

Struggle
To find the words to say
Buckle
Underneath the weight of Simpson
Broken
The thoughts inside her head
Chosen
Not to understand that he's been

Stricken down in cold-blooded murder
With not a clue of who’s to blame
She blinked her eyes and her whole world was shattered
Is it our destiny to disappear

Left to wonder
What misfortune
Could befall them now

She’s not that feeble sort of child, so fragile
That she could be kept down for long
She’s got that manic mood that’s mildly wild
It keeps her moving now that Daddy is gone

It’s only been a month since then
We know we prob’ly should be worried about her

Soft hands keep pulling at my sleeve
(Asking “Mister, won't you dance with me?”)
No matter what I do they will not accept defeat

It’s disconcerting just how much she cares for me
Despite how little I for her
A girl of my own age
She’d be the perfect way
To earn a respite from my ongoing struggle

If I weren't so consumed
I'm sure that I would find some time to give her

Soft hands keep pulling at my sleeve
(Still imploring “Won’t you dance with me?”)
No matter what I say they will not accept defeat

Anybody else
Would feel estranged
And then back down
But maybe they
Can pull me out

Soft hands are dancing into the street
(As if someone else is pulling strings)
A smile and a wave and then they start to fade

My hands reach out and catch the breeze
(Soft hands, won’t you dance with me?)
There’s nothing I can do, the two have met defeat

Soft hands keep pulling at my sleeve
There's nothing I can do

Something is clearly wrong
Though it’s hard to put a finger on
Already three are gone
Feel you no fear?

We worry constantly
Every night we sleep uneasily
Your words of apathy
So hard to hear

Obsession
Has gone and
Robbed you of
All the love
In your mind and my, how time is wasted
Chasing
Dreams

It may sound minor but I know that it’s major
It may look like a simple complex but it’s compound in nature
When it’s the root of every movement, it’s the motive in my steps
You bet until it gets resolved, I cannot reach a state of rest

I’m laser-focused, with no target
Shooting blindly in the dark
Out of tune with my inner muse
A destination without a start

How can I
Relay my dream onto this page
Of circles, dots, and lines
Of binary dimensions

Make it erase it rearrange the pieces
But one of them is missing
When a chord’s dissonant
When a note doesn't fit
Even still I insist I’m

Laser-focused, with no target
Shooting into the dark
Lack of sleep bringing sweet relief
To the siren inside

How can I
Relay my dream onto this page
Of circles, dots, and lines
Of binary dimensions
Oh, I wish I knew

It remains the one thing on my mind
So I’ll just keep on trying to break this trend
Only for it to elude me once again

How can I
Relay my dream onto this page
Of circles, dots, and lines
Of binary dimensions
I wish I knew

Isolation
Now my burden
I can’t quite remember
How I got here

When you find yourself alone
But you realize it’s been that way all along
Just remember where you draw your strength from

When you’re trapped inside this house
But you’re the one who’s keeping you from getting out
Only reaching the end can save you now

One PM and I just woke up again
From a delusion I composed, yeah
Blink my eyes, but hearing only silence
I’m reminded grimly that I’m on my own now

I blinked my eyes and the world was shattered
Is it my destiny to still remain

When you find yourself alone
But you realize it’s been that way all along
Just remember where you draw your strength from

When you’re trapped inside this house
But you’re the one who’s keeping you from getting out
Only reaching the end can save you now

Now I’m trapped inside this house
And I’m the one who’s keeping me from getting out
Only reaching the end can save me now

[Instrumental]

That was it
That was all that I had in me
The damn thing I gave half a century
Lying in wreckage on the ground

Through the smoke
I’m not sure I believe it
Another human voice calls out my name
Instant recognition

A grey and haggard face rises to meet me
With eyes a shade of blue just like my own
Like looking in a mirror that’s been ravaged by the slow passage of time
A vision that disrupts my state of mind

Staring into the eyes of an
Older one of me, I begin to see
Everything that is and was
Within the realm of possibility

You
And I
Have seen some pretty horrifying sights in our in our life
But what I’m gonna tell you might just be the one to top it all

The truth is that the universe collapses all around us
In a sphere containing only this old house
It was too weak to try to keep our friends and family living
But now that I am here, we can turn this thing around

Peering into the mind of this
Stranger one of me, I can clearly see
Everything that is and was
Within the realm of possibility, truly I believe that
Between the two of us
We’ll break this trend of cosmic entropy

“So then, do you know why I am here?”

“You're here to help me complete the work, so we can get back to normal.”

“No… that time has long since passed.”

I hope by now you understand
That this would always be the plan
The world you gave your life to make
Cannot be built by your own hand

I hope by now you see the signs
Another waits to claim the prize
The goal you seek can be achieved
If you but let go of your pride

“Wait… you're saying I must go back? And give everything I’ve worked for… everything I’ve achieved… to another?”

“As I have done, for you.”

“And if I do this thing, if I do this thing you ask, what then?”

“The boy shall succeed.”

“And if I refuse?”

“Then you, and everything you know… shall die.”

Death for us
Life for him
So the cycle can begin again
Giving up
What was mine
So another one can make it right

Is this how
We proceed
Hit rewind
Not repeat

Fifty years
Thrown away
To avoid making
My mistakes

This is it
This will be
All I have
Everything he’ll need

Sending a thought through time to a
Younger one of me, on the chance that he
Might reverse the damage done
And live the life I didn’t get to lead
So he can finally see
Everything within the realm
Of possibility

Twelve o’ clock PM and I awaken suddenly
The vision from my slumber still so clear in memory
Rush downstairs
Simpson’s there
“Don’t go in that room lest you be wounded mortally”

Fight or fly
Change or die
That is why
I know

I can make it right
The dream I had last night has shown me
How things should be
And what happens if I don’t succeed

Soft hands and voices
Beckon to join, join them in the dance
So to alter their fate
I’ll dance

Fight or fly
Change or die
That is why
I know

I can make it right
The dream I had last night has shown me
How things should be
And what happens if I don’t succeed

Tougher love is simply not enough
It's all for nothing without a win
Can the aid of hallucinations
Help me finally reach the end

So I’m laser-focused, right on target
Locked and loaded, ready or not
One last round, better make it count
It's never or now, I'm gonna take the shot

Victory comes at break of dawn and I can breathe at last
An opus for the ages lies completed in my hands
Rush to share
With all who’ll hear
The world is waiting for someone to wake it from its rest

Fight or fly
Change or die
That is why
I know

I have made it right
The dream I had last night, it showed me
How things should be
And they are now that I’ve made it right

The dream I had last night has saved us all
And we’re free
Everything is now as it was meant to be

So we’ve reached the end
Together with the family and friends
Grateful for our time
As well as for our newfound peace of mind

Once torn asunder
One from another
Now that it’s over

I’m elated to see my work complete
I no longer feel the need for solitude
I can create and live life too
Having broken through the trend
I can pick up my page and pen
Again

Again
Again
Again
Again

Future undefined
It’s good to be alive

In the house
At forty-two
Lakeview Drive