Liable For Tragedy

We baited hooks with subtle reward in mind
Little mattered then, still, little matters now
The plans we made were designed to perpetuate through snakes of life
We left too much faith in the pieces to fall into place while we spent the meantime carving our own ways. Little choice we had then
Nothing but choices to make now.

If I'm anything like you, before we can decide another day has passed,
Hand over hand
And if you're anything like me, we're trying to catch up to fleeting frames,
Headlong into sand.

It's just like us to wait until we're full of what we need to say
Now we're floating off to where we thought we'd never be
Your kid's strings are stretching weak
This distance is unraveling
Please, still see, that happiness is there for you to reach
You left it where it waits for you to climb
How endowed we are to be alive.

Let their songs sing you home
The heartstrings hooked in your throat will land you right where you were always supposed to be, transcending pity held for you or me
We will always want, they're the ones that need.