yoyo, by A Beacon School (2024)

1.

favorite partloathe to measurewhere is truth?still I can't shake this half phrasestill more to dospiral downsame as ever twisting to nothingcan't change the constraintsburned-in dream of youa simple thingcould be so much betterwalk into the murk togetherwe'll be togethercounting windows we don't havebending backwardswhile you laughcan't blame the soft shadecan't fault the gloomcan't place this heartachesame dream on loop can't change the constraintsstill more to do

2.

the shadows on their facesthis stairway is still hauntedso console menew love is lonelyyour patterns are my favoritethe lines beneath will start to goso console menew love is holyI’m waitingI’m waitingbeen waiting for youso console menew love is lonelyso console menew love is holy

3.

where do you go?weathered shell keeping nothing for yourselfkick the grass that’s poking outfrom the pavement unannouncedmade of glasswarm to the touch still convinced it’s not enougheven in motionyou tell me to waityou’re dragging your feet nowit’s getting too latetotal devotion never relayed you’re dragging your feet nowit’s getting too latecross it out for mein the corner, on the shelfkeeping nothing for yourselfcan’t take back what’s in the tilelet it hold your voice a whileyou’ve got it all wrongit’s been there all alongeven in motionyou tell me to waityou’re dragging your feet nowit’s getting too latetotal devotion never relayed you’re dragging your feet nowit’s getting too late

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second day floating by anothercan't explaincause all you do is hoverI still want to lay downempty all my pockets outsecond dayjammed just like the leverit's all the samewhen all you do is hoverlet me knowthis won't last forevernothing to oweif all you do is hoverslow downyou're racing,giving up on the wrong thing we'll cool off when we get therewe'll glow in the dark like you've wantedsuperstition's got you thinking you can't help ithalved in secretmint condition but prone to driftingit's not leavingsink your teeth in

6.

start to make it outshyly turning luckhold my breath and bite my tonguedon't look that way too muchit wouldn't be the first timethe ground you're on has fallen awayI'm losing count of all the days I've wastedoh all I want's to feel like something's takingthread pulled outhonest mistakeblue pieces scattered in your wakeyou lost track of where you arelook up, it's all gone wronglying awaketell me how much more I need to waitforget about the last time the hold you know will fall awayI'm losing count of all the days I've wastedoh all at once I feel like something's taking

7.

come to erased sunlight inlaidyou are honeyedtwo spires I cannot reachawash inall the same unbelieving thoughtsyou couldn't shake even if you wantedthe note you left is rubbing off won't you come back and touch it upcause you're one of usbut you lost sightjust like all of usyou're tied just rightyou'll find a place to air your shadow outeven though they're leaving us so keep on your way downit can't be too far nowso keep on your way downit won't be too long nowlook up, releasedno palms to readI'd like to knowwhere would you goif it were up to youif it were up to meif it were up to youit's not up to mestood in the heata dreamless sleepwe both would knowthere's time to go

8.

outside when narrowthe sun on the wireliltingto understandthe invitationagainyou felt it come true thenetched in a blinkingpattern you can't forgetthe color's unknowing but the landing seems closecuz it's no differentlight shiftingWhile all the rest fills in slowlyyou find your head fizzing softlyAnd you swear this all feels newBut it's no different

9.

list creased and yellowedcrossed off your namestill set on finding who is to blameback to the countryyou made yourselfbroke all the windows it didn't helpdon't feign to look under the table don't ask me what things I would changeI'm already testing your patienceand it's coming apart at the seamsone stepturn to seeI'm catching on something I shouldn't be askingthe asphalt beneath me it wouldn't believe methere's nothing to go onsince you moved away from the room with the curtain that made you so certain

10.

everything I don't want to change is changingeveryone I don't want to leave is leavingeverything I want to change is staying the sameeveryone that I want to stay is leavingcan you name all the places you were racing? can you tell just by the light which way you're facing?everything I want to change is staying the sameevery time I get less sure of what we're chasingsometimes when gathered it starts to seep sometimes a glimmer will let you breathe can you feel the ground beneath us shaking?can you tell by the way it leans which way it's breaking?everything I want to change is staying the sameevery night I can't bear to think how long it's takenlet's spend some time together, here for another day I'll dream of you forever, won't let it wash awayit feels like now or never, I lost count of the daysI'll dream of you forever, lets dream this all away just let it wash awaynoweverything I don't want to change is changingeveryone I don't want to leave is leavingeverything I want to change is staying the sameeveryone that I want to stay is leavingI should just forget,wash out the ink that's still left but how could I? all along, right in front of youall this time, its been coming true all along, right in front of meall this time, perfect symmetry