PAPER THIN By Tom Jensen
When I said, "Everything was fine"
Straight away you knew I was lying
And you told me so...
I replied that this time
I was the one who
Needed some time alone
But you didn't buy it... No
In your wisdom it was known
You knew my words were paper thin
Not something you'd take stock in
You know the weakness of my inner boy
As well as the strengths in me as a man
You knew all along of my secret plan:
I was looking to build a wall
Just to see if anyone would notice
I wanted to live in a sandcastle
One infinitely doomed by the tide
I was looking to build a wall
Just to see if anyone would come
And try to knock it down...
I was looking to build a wall
Just to see if anyone would come
If there was anyone at all?
When there was nothing left
But an old recording
Every time anyone
would try to call
I was looking to build a wall
To hide behind and in
the back of my mind
I wanted to protect
my hall of mirrors
I was looking to build a wall
A place to put
all the problems
That I had yet
to face or solve
They're over there
next to where
I dragged my
doubts and fears
Now laying beside
the cross I bare
Behind which sits
my failures to evolve