Maybe there's hope, but only in reverie
I've too many maybes when my mind's the enemy
Showered of might and flowered in May
Day in and day out I try not to pay
The first day of the rest of my life
Always another tomorrow away
Save this somehow and save that someway,
I'll wake up to find that tomorrow's today

PRECHORUS:
By growing up, I'm not giving in
Cause all that I wanted was found from within

In my head is everything needed to slowly destroy me

Abstract the concrete
Parking lots and pews, painted ocean views
Contagion in discrete
Screaming lullabies, dreaming nullifies
And noticing nothing
The forest for the trees, the children on their knees
Salvation in something
Vaguely biblical, strangely cyclical
Personal bests in bulletproof vests
To realize and regress and rethink success
O! Essence of glory, the climb is so tough
Always for something, but never enough

PRECHORUS

CHORUS:
In my head is everything needed to destroy myself
Everyone has begged me and pleaded to hold on, hold on

Complicating chemicals keeping me in clandestine
On self-inflicted sympathy's eve
Knives of the nocturnal drawn for the mercy blow
Tasting blood again to believe

PRECHORUS
CHORUS x2

To hold on for another day

Music and lyrics by Owen Burns. Copyright 2004 Argyle Doren Music (ASCAP)

"This was the main song to come out of my time in Boston. It was written entirely there on my acoustic, which I guess explains all the melody in the guitar part. I love 6/8 time and how it flows so comfortably, but can also be heavier than anything 4/4 time can do, and I hadn't written a song entirely in the time signature, so this was my first attempt and I'm really happy with how it came out. It started with the verse riff with the chorus coming next, the prechorus took me some time. The lyrics were written over a series of bus and subway rides home after work about a lot of failed attempts at improving my situation in life. Lyrically it's the best thing I've ever done because it drew on the hardest points in my life, pretty much directly. Along with 'Happy Pill' and 'Green Bananas', it's my favorite of my own songs."