American Lesion

He wakes with the glow Of adventure and hope The morning smells sweet And replete with opportunity

The first thing I remember Was the friction in the room And that brown spinet piano That never played

There's a leaf in the sky and it's floating on by A new season dawns but something is gone, oh

Laws of gravity, they fight uncertainty But I sit here without a clue Life had separate meaning and I was

Your arrogance It will surely bring you down Is there a judgment Appropriate for you That

You have always lived like this You have always lived like this The ice blue chill, the dark gray sky,

The sun comes up with promise And my eyes burn open wide And the sting compounds the torture From the

One day My life will be a chocolate shake and late night TV But right now I'm afraid of everything

I've got hope But I can't talk about the future I've got desire But I can't exercise it