Brick Wall Views

Don't break too many hearts
 Don't take too many arrows in the chest
 Cry comfortably, let us all know what you're thinking
 Is there a gesture I could use
 To clearly express I'm at an utter loss for words?
 Is there a part of you that's torn, that's larger than life?
 That'll hold on for one more night
 I've got a speech to make
 Followed by a big parade
 Northside, closed eyes
 All charades go on forever
 Hands tied with fool's pride
 In a slowly fading summer
 Throw your hands up at the sky
 No use trying to explain this
 The clouds are mirrors, I'm disguised
 I'm not all that entertaining
 The city looks the same
 Until you notice smaller changes
 It still knows us all by name
 It holds us close to its heart
 It holds us close to its heart
 All my hopes are unaligned
 This diagnosis is self-designed
 Northside, dead eyes
 All charades go on forever
 Hands tied with past lives
 In a slowly fading summer
 Empty rooms don't have pictures to talk to
 Brick wall views demand uninspired afternoons
 The days are flooding into months
 The nights are staring into centuries
 I've got some older pictures
 Of people I see once every couple years
 Intrigued or unamazed
 "You were so much different back in those days"
 Now this smile has a bitter curve
 And now these eyes are unenchanted
 And all they see is a faded image of what we used to be
 How can we relate?
 When we don't know a thing about each other anymore
 When we don't know a thing about each other anymore
 When we don't know a thing about each other anymore
 When we don't know a thing about each other anymore
 Is there a gesture I could use to clearly express
 I'm at an utter loss for words?