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)