Walking Asleep - Peter Katz

Woke to winter through my window falling

Though I swore it was spring

I could measure the progress stalling

In the snow covering

I’m walking asleep now through the best of my life

I’m wearing my knees out digging for light

There’s a crack in the wall and the ceiling

And a door that won’t close

There is a stack in the hall that’s revealing

Something I ought to know

I’m walking asleep now through the best of my life

I’m wearing my knees out digging for light

I’m trying to break now, the collar’s too tight

I’m walking asleep now

Through the best of my life

I spent the night as an endless day

Said goodnight, and good morning from the same chair

And the city, came to life

Before my eyes, one by one

Persons become people

People become crowds

And silence became loud

So I went out to run with no direction in mind

Just a need to be done with the toeing the line

So I climbed up the hill and I ran through the street

And I said not a word though my lungs did repeat

I’m not walking asleep now though the best of my life

I’m not wearing my knees out digging for light

I am learning to breath now though the collar is tight

I’m not walking asleep now

Through the best of my life