Around here

“I walk in the air
Between the rain,
Through myself and back again"
Can’t go to work,
But I can’t bear
Those empty thoughts
In my empty house
Silent hours
Decided to go north
Hang out with the crew
One more afternoon
It would be awhile
We’d get rusty with each other
Become awkward
"Round here we always stand up straight"
Too many empty desks
Too many strolling in late
Tough crowd on Tuesdays
"Round here we talk just like lions,
But we sacrifice like lambs"
Lots of surly demeanors
Was it a bad vacation,
Or do you still dream of being elsewhere
Not ready to be back in school
Awake and upright
Well before noon
"She knows she's more
Than just a little misunderstood,
She has trouble acting normal when she's nervous"
C-----s chessboard looks pretty forlorn
Sitting there in the corner,
That's gotta be a metaphor
For something sad,
If anything ever was...
"Step out the front door
Like a ghost into the fog
Where no one notices..."
And no one cares
But up in that window
Snowflakes still fall
And that empty chair
Will always haunt me
If you ever need
To get out of the cold
You can always climb those stairs
And someone will always be waiting for you