Off Cue (Book)

Well let me put it this way 

If you read 2 chapters of a book 

You can't hope to really know the plot 

 

So if you don't let anyone read you 

How can you expect someone 

To get your story 

 

Words say my next step 

Is this truth or fiction 

Words mark my way 

Seems like there's way too much friction 

I guess I'll have to drop that line 

Cause I'm off cue 

I'll be fine 

 

I like to think I'm an open book 

But sometimes I think I divert 

To fiction to detract from my bio 

 

Cause, oh Lord, sometimes it takes too long 

To read the whole book 

And it gets longer every day 

 

Words say my next step 

Is this truth or fiction 

Words mark my way 

Seems like there's way too much friction 

I guess I'll have to drop that line 

Cause I'm off cue 

I'll be fine 

 

I don't even recognize the main character 

But only at times 

There's glimpses in clips and phrases 

As I look back on old scripts 

 

Evening's past 

One's heart can become too entwined 

As a wise man said 

Don't awaken love until it so desires 

 

Dusty paths walked down 

Talks that last till 3am 

Sitting alone even in a crowded room 

Stars shared that make you feel so small 

 

Words say my next step 

Is this truth or fiction 

Words mark my way 

Seems like there's way too much friction 

I guess I'll have to drop that line 

Cause I'm off cue 

I'll be fine 

 

All these chapters must add up 

To some kind of happy ending 

Cause what kind of story finishes so flat 

 

That's why there's hope in the 11th hour 

Cause ya gotta know pieces will fit together 

And a conclusion will finish this part of the story 

 

Maybe I jumped the gun 

This is no conclusion 

This just sets the final conflict 

In this story 

 

And the final words 

Don't know if I'm telling myself 

Of if this is from you 

What's past is past 

Please just trust me 

And I trust your eyes 

But I don't trust mine 

It's okay you tell me 

I know you've failed 

You touch my shoulder

I'll help you walk through

This final part

Words say my next step 

Is this truth or fiction 

Words mark my way 

Seems like there's way too much friction 

I decide to drop my line 

Cause I'm off cue 

I'll be fine  

 

Is this truth or fiction 

Words mark my way 

There's on final thing to say 

I'll have to drop my line 

I'll be fine 

 

by: Drew

written: April 29th, 2009

(#133)

Distance From There To Now

Lately, I'm runnin low on a lot of things

It's like I bypassed a better thing

And no matter how much I write and sing

This is a one way street

So here's a new day

Understanding, walking with me in my shoes

Don't know if I'll ever find that

Disappointment's like a drug I can't stop taking

And you cry

Please come back to me

You don't need to run

Please don't run

You can wake up new, just wait and see

You know my pen is drying out, my voice is done

Every day is a new day you still say

I can choose redemption

And ignore the pull on me

That's driving me down

I slept past today

Maybe cause I need to jolt this feeling

It's as if I can start now

And stop searching in the mud

So logic's taken holiday today

Fairer day than than would be today

Far cry from here

And you cry

Please come back to me

Don't run

Please don't run

You can wake up new, you'll see

My pen is dry, my voice is gone

I smile, cause it's kind of nice

That you're the only one

As I've closed my ears and run

You meet me each morning

With the rising golden sun

And these three years have been tough

You know more than anyone

Especially these last six months

You pull up my eyes

Not all is lost,

I've failed enough,

Trying on my own

Come back to me

Don't run

Oh please don't run

You wake up new

Pen is dry, voice slowly begun

Distance from there to now

Story stops suddenly

So sad so I say something

But funny thing about that is

Sadness can bring greater things

Once it is done

Wake up new

Write this down

Not all is lost, let me be

The last thing you hear

As you open your eyes

by: Drew

written: May 24, 2009

(#135)

Compromise

We sit at a cafe
You don't say much
But that says to me
We know there's nothing to be said

Distance to the sun
Long as it's been
I'm not nearly there
Till body and soul separate
It's never too late

With temperature rising
I can't afford compromising
I look me in the mirror
Do you even recognize
In all my ponderings
In all these wonderings
Do I even recognize me

As we stroll down the sidewalk
A late fall day
The leaves are changing
And so are we
Light conversation mixes with the colors

With every compromise
That I make
I set a spark to my soul
That can't be put out easy
Why am I just now realizing

It's one thing for life
To turn out different
It's another to do
What you knew you would never do
So why am I just now realizing

With temperature rising
I can't afford compromising
I look me in the mirror
Do you even recognize
In all my ponderings
In all these wonderings
I think I recognize me

Cause we're not what we do
We're not what we say
We were never meant to be this way
And we never have to say
This is how it's always gonna be

Like a sickness
Compromise slowly takes hold
But only cause you let yourself
Be near what you knew would pollute
Your very soul

Obviously you're just a metaphor
Or a shadow of past
You're a mix of many a soul
But you're no less real
Neither is how I feel

I can't afford compromising
I look me in the mirror
In all my ponderings
In all these wonderings
One thing is clear

We're not what we do
We're not what we say
We were never meant to be this way


by: Drew
written: January 17, 2011
(#138)

Close My Eyes (More Than Breathing)

When you sit here
Feels like your trapped
In this empty shell

Battles you thought you'd won
Seem to well back up again
Sometimes it shakes you
But waking is what you need

Just let me get acclimated.
It's more than I'd anticipated
Cause it wasn't just me that's made it

I can't stay too long
And don't you dare fake it
As if you've really feigned
From that, my heart is pained

And as I look around
I'm surrounded
What I'm lookin for
Still haven't found it

Something's gotta give.
Something's gotta tell
Me it's worth it.

Just let me get acclimated.
It's more than I'd anticipated
Cause it wasn't just me that's made it

I can't stay too long
And don't you dare fake it
As if you've really feigned
From that, my heart is pained

And the battle will subside
Perspective is everything
When everything is out of focus
And I know this

God put me here for more than breathing
He gives me hope
I can't just turn to fear

I shake myself awake
It's simple for me
I see your eyes
All you want it love

I wonder why it's hard to trust that
Despite how far I've come
So I close my eyes
Sight is more than eyes

Just let me get acclimated.
It's more than I'd anticipated
Cause it wasn't just me that's made it

I can't stay too long
But it's long enough

He put me here for more than breathing
He gives me hope
So I close my eyes
Sight seems clear now

I can't stay too long
But it's long enough


by: Drew
written: June 14, 2010
(#136)