HALF HEARTED HIGHWAY
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The highway lies open as inertia sets in
With the dreamer still stalling the journey begins
The work becomes worthless - momentum is lost
The road is endured at too high a cost

For now while the music flows through him
He knows how it feels to be alive
So he climbs on his pedestal and waits for that limo to arrive

But no-one will ever deliver that ride
While his time on this spiritual divide
Comes off half hearted in real life

The journey is ending as the packing begins
The baggage he's handling is wearing me thin
When the aims become selfish the magic is lost
His power to release came at too high a cost

But don't let him tell you he’s suffering
He don't know the meaning of the word
The trials he invents for himself are the dumbest ever heard

And no-one will ever believe that it's right
For the fruits of his spiritual delight
To wind up discarded or held tight
And no-one will ever remain on his side
While his self-centred cynical insides
Leave him half hearted in real life

So I must tear my heart in two and lay this burden down…
For now when the music eludes him
He longs for the love that he burned
Then slouches and sulks while he waits for the hunger to return

But no-one could ever continue that ride
When their time on this spiritual divide
Comes off half hearted in real life
And no-one will ever believe that it's right
For the fruits of their spiritual delight
To wind up discarded or held tight
And no-one will ever remain by your side
If your rose-scented lyrical asides
Leave you half hearted in real life
You can't be half hearted in this life

© 2014 Mailman / SJE Records