Desiderata (normal)

I was a boy in a place not far from here

Walled in from the noise

There my nights were dark and clear

Sweet suburban blackness

Beautiful and true

Nights like midnight masses

Silent offerings to you

Now I'm a hologram

An image of the man

I used to be at 17

Speak to me

Talk to me

Blind me with the boyhood myth

I seek in you

Can I return?

Can I unlearn?

Oh, I know it's wrong but I still go on

Crawling back to you

Crawling back to you

I was a boy in a house not far from here

I played the saddest joy

You put music in my ear

Shapeless teen desire

Alcoholic dream

Flow through headphone wires

Love me do and set me free

Now I'm a hologram

An image of the man

I used to be at 17

Used to be, used to be…

I see the seasons passing

I feel the weight of wasted years

I'm frightened by the feeling

There is another city here

And I can't find the exit

'Cause there's no way out on my feet

There is a new devotion

I must find it in my sleep