Laurel Wreath

Is it the withering of tired leaves

All so neatly woven around that laurel wreath?

Or the collapsing of a history

Of victories getting lapped now by all my towering defeats?

To be a champion in your eyes

Someone that you might be proud to stand beside

But I bribed the judge and poisoned the field

Medals and trophies are only all that I could steal

But you found me in the morning, December in my eyes

Falling apart, bloodshot, outside Craigmaddie Hospital

As you fly by on the 93, what are the odds?

I don't know, impossible

Got your call, I needed it more than I could let on to you

I could let on to anyone

Could hear it in the corners of all of my words

In the silence, you heard all that's unspoken

You don't have to be lonely alone

I could be there in a heartbeat

Lonely alone

You don't have to be lonely alone

I could be there in a heartbeat

Lonely alone

As all my statues start crumbling

I don't really know what it is that I'm offering

And all I've got here is raining leaves

All once so neatly woven around that laurel wreath

But you found me in the morning, December in my eyes

Falling apart, bloodshot, outside Craigmaddie Hospital

As you fly by on the 93, what are the odds?

I don't know, impossible

Got your call, I needed it more than I could let on to you

I could let on to anyone

Could hear it in the corners of all of my words

In the silence, you heard all that's unspoken

You don't have to be lonely alone

I could be there in a heartbeat

Lonely alone

You don't have to be lonely alone

I could be there in a heartbeat

Lonely alone, lonely alone

You don't have to be lonely alone

I could be there in a heartbeat

Lonely alone

You don't have to be lonely alone

I could be there in a heartbeat

Lonely alone, lonely alone