On hidden tracks I screamed
Down the twisted path and gleaned
The whirl of life, of truth and lies
As they all rushed, and passed me by

The farther back I looked and strained
The less I saw, the more it waned
The wheels beneath began to quake
Though I knew, not to squeeze the brakes

The road ahead seemed dark and dim
The headlight’s glow, showed but a slim
Part of what came towards me at speed
I was entranced, I couldn’t breathe

For all the things in life I’ve done
The people loved, the people shunned
All blaze on by, now equidistant
A blur that spells out my existence

But this whole time I’ve rode alone
My course apart, this race my own
I wholly smiled and made good time
As I careened across the finish line

A heavy haze has once again
Settled down upon my mind
My feet stumble underneath
As if wrapped about by twine
Some sickness has befallen me
Through heavy lids I try to peer
But in front of all that I can see
Is a mirage, a foggy likeness of
She that has ensorcelled me
I wouldn’t dare to call this love
Yet I know some fools who would
It is some sort of an affliction
So heal myself of this I should
But I cannot, so helplessly I go
I crave the softness of her touch
As it soothes my lonesome soul
I crave the beauty of her smile
When it shines upon my being
I crave the melody of her voice
With which to me she’s speaking
I crave the mystery of her gaze
In those sultry eyes I find reprieve
And I suspect she doesn’t care
Though otherwise I still believe
If she would but tear my heart out
I’d regain the steadiness of my feet
But while my dream does yet survive
I drag myself along this rainy street

It burns, it gnaws, it tears away
This passion that, in my heart
Has made its unwanted stay
There are those who say that
To be free of it, there is a way

This way is not the one I chose
And now I mourn my lost repose
Foolishly I fanned the flame
What before had been an ember
Has now become a blaze

This blaze, it grows and grows
For my indulgence is its bellows
And the only way to **** this fire
To turn ashen what still glows
Is to extinguish my desire

This desire, oh this blazing fire
How I wish I could outrun it
But it never seems to tire
Onerous shackle that it is
Pulling me to the abyss