The Nature Of The Fool Lyrics

I know I couldn't go wrong

I thought I had it going on
when it struck me way out of left field

mislead by my own thoughts

no need to hold my fort

oh why did I lay down my shield?

I don't have the gift of sight

but I do know why

now I have kneeled down to yield

not confident, not strong

I push myself to go on

with a sinking heart and a fate that is sealed

I thought I did it right

kept my perspective high

secured each corner I could meet
could I look back and see

what once was truth to me

and kept me safe for all time being?

I wont tell what holds my sight

each time that I fear the night

and I try to evade what is holding me

hide, in the deepest sense?

or rather: curl up in defense?

for all that is real makes me fall to my knees
and what does it feel like? you ask

living in cotton wool

keep thinking the unthinkable

the nature of the fool

a rejection of all love

indulge in my own sorrow

wallow into failure,

dashed hopes and disbelief

the dead hour is my cradle

wrapped in a sanctuary of lost time

nothing, not even waiting,

laying down, just sitting it out