Little Monster

The ghost is very still
Captive of the past
Trapped inside of nothing
'Cuz nothing seems to last
The world is thin and slippery
Difficult to grasp
Release might come
But what a price you ask.

Again, again, he walks again
Enacts the same, talks again
He walks again, again the same
He thinks the thoughts
Again, again.

Again you come to play
You just can't stay away
But it's not true
You do not have to stay.

Little monster go outside
Little monster fly
Little monster try.

You probably know the story
Heard from many tongues
Seen around the neighborhood
The repetitious one
An insect in the amber
Is as much alive
As this wraith that lingers here
This half-forgotten child.

Little monster leave this time
Little monster fly
Little monster try.

Dragons live forever
But not little boys
The end could come from an orphan gun
Taken as a toy.

Little monster leave this time
Little monster
Fly.