Distractions

Standing alone in a crowded room
 He hears it
 A voice so familiar, not unlike his own
 He fears it
 His name being called out from across the room
 But he can't see
 He's willingly blindfolded starting towards the voice
 But each step leads
 Into a dance with a different stranger
 His purpose he quickly forgets
 Each dance delights till the song is through
 But the silence between the songs
 Reminds him what he'd intended to do
 But the voice it knows no time, waits patiently
 Can't record a wrong, his past it can't see
 And if it takes him forever, it'll still be there
 Waiting jealously
 He moves towards the voice
 More determined now but still can't see
 The music begins and he's pulled away again by flattery
 Just as with a drug the words purposely inoculate
 All puffed up but silence
 When the music ends, quickly deflates
 Now the voice, though never changing
 Begins to sound to him like a shriek
 He covers his ears with his hands
 Now deaf and blind, he wanders aimlessly
 Submerged in the darkness
 He's forgotten what he was to be
 But the voice it knows no time, waits jealously
 Can't record a wrong, his past it can't see
 And if it takes him forever, it'll still be there
 Waiting patiently, waiting patiently
 He cannot see the floor is wet
 Nor does he hear the strangers warn
 He slips onto his back and lying paralyzed
 He feels forlorn
 The music begins and strangers whom he trusted
 Leave him there
 Helpless and immobile lying on the floor
 And no one cares
 But the voice that once was distant
 Sounds as though it's right next to his ear
 And no longer the shrieking does he hear
 The voice says, "Walk" and suddenly
 He knew he would
 It says, "Remove the blindfold", suddenly he knew
 He always could
 But the voice it knows no time, waits patiently
 Can't record a wrong, his past it can't see
 And if it takes him forever, it'll still be there
 Waiting jealously, waiting jealously
 But the voice it knows no time, waits jealously
 Can't record a wrong, his past it can't see
 And if it takes him forever, it'll still be there
 Waiting patiently