So I hide in my tower above the lake
here this body of pain hurts without mattering
the privileges I earned
shielding me from real harm

I fear tsunamis and armed invaders
I fear your indifference and failure
I fear my mind yet revere it
So save me
so save me

The night sings sometimes
Strange faraway reveries that would only tire me now
We remain friends even in silence
strong, still and
electric, whenever -

Ours are stupid fears and
we tell the children the truth that
it is never as bad as it seems
Not knowing what makes them
afraid in the world

I am always afraid
We are fragile beings
On the brink of destruction
But there really is something
about you, dark and subversive

I stay for it, wait all day for it
become a cliché for it
burning away yet another batch
of more than normal days -
I make my deals
out there where it's deep

I find treasure in my sleep