He sits at the table
Everyone watching him.
It's another year to be older,
So he blows out the candle.

When they take pictures
Now that he has taken his wish
It's scary what his smile hides,
Him thinking he's another year older and ready to die.

Dance around the subject
That's what we'll do
Let's continue to dance around
this elephant in the room

An elegant waltz around an animal so large
Careful not to bump into it
We don't want this monster
The one of me and you at us to charge

So let's continue to dance
Round and round we'll go
The elephant will remain
Until we decide to let it go

The intensity you scream
         is a hard pill to swallow
The density of your brain
         makes you hard to follow
Like wading through a creek,
         your mind's so shallow
Skimming through the mud,
         your thoughts have no flow
Up river without a paddle,
         now you got nowhere to go

A lonely town full of losers
Cheaters, takers, and abusers
Junkies, flunkies, and the boozers
A lonely town where people are going nowhere

A lonely town down in the valley
Where the people and the roads are crumbling
The people and the buildings are vacant
A lonely town

Nothing ventured
nothing gained

We'll feign the perfection
we never attained

Only memories ever can last
we'll postpone the future
to worship the past

Love me strong
in candle light

Pretend you do
stay tonight

The feeling I'll save
locked in my mind

Embrace me again
for the last time