Cavity - Household

I let myself submerge in dreams of distance

Months of pushing away

Feeling separate enough to say,

«It must be someone else to blame»

The space in my heart spread wide with high hopes

Was the same cavity that taught me empty

Ripped open left bare that first year

My chest exposed to the Minnesota air

So, I was quick to seclude

Letting isolation be my muse

Instead of seeking you

I let my feelings choose

There’s a deficit that stirs within me

Surely I need some sort of saving

When all my efforts they fall behind me

Nothing of mine will be relieving

Side by side and stride by stride

Pull me out of what my tired eyes can see

Carry me high enough to know my brother’s in agony

I like to think that I think quite a bit

But that year I never thought of you

Rightful concern quickly became conceit

Every man for himself — stay alone to avoid defeat

I made survival my only focus

The raging and open sea

Fixated on my constant struggle

I didn’t see you drowning right next to me

I could write a thousand songs

About what I’ve done wrong

But this one’s for what’s yet to be done right

After all a «lost at sea metaphor"can teach

I still have a brother who needs me

If there’s ever been a time, it’s now