Lightyears from Redemption by Caleb Johnston

So close to almost taste it
So far away to not quite see it
Held close to me, escaping my grasp
Try to grab a hold but it disappears
Where did it go, will it be back again?
Piercing iris into the soul
Lost at sea I heard a siren
I moved forward to only find nothing
Washed upon the shore feeling broken
Fell down a top a mountain
Beaten and battered
Slight grin on my face

Searching through the memories to find one
So vague and distant, can’t hold on
Leave the rest to imagination
The shadows put into frame
All the lines and creases
In perfect harmony


Chorus:
I’m just the joker trying to find a way
But it just isn’t in the cards
So I won’t lie and tell myself
What I want to be true
Honesty is just a matter of opinion


Staring up at the sky
Who else is looking too?
Somewhere I know maybe it’s true
Seems pointless to assume
For hours I’m enthralled
What is real and what is fake?
So hard to tell these days
Illusions right in front of me
The presence would be justified
The sounds, like music to my ears
Oh so bittersweet it would be
Ensnared but not yet there
Lightyears separate the mind and body
One on the event horizon
Other sucked into the black hole
Everything surely must recede











• New Hampshire
• Punk
• folk punk
• instrumental
• post-rock
• singer-songwriter
• Northwood