Anthems crumble
Resistance waning
Eerie shrill silence
White flags waving
Grey flannel dissidents are always aware
Burdens of loneliness are too hard to bare
Sometimes I wish I just didn’t feel
Sometimes I wish that I could steal
Meaning from things that make no sense
Hiding away broken confidence
Sometimes I wish I just didn’t want
A quick and frivilous passing thought
One that could easily be dismissed
Hiding away broken confidence
What’s the cost of this war of attrition
Running low on my verbal munitions
Reasons receding at the loss of the words
The steady footing here is less than assured
Sometimes I wish I just didn’t feel
Sometimes I wish that I could steal
Meaning from things that make no sense
Hiding away broken confidence
Sometimes I wish I just didn’t want
A quick and frivilous passing thought
One that could easily be dismissed
Hiding away broken confidence