The Darkness Was Vague - Chris Bathgate

The darkness was vague and indecipherable

So I stared at my clock radio

And it whispered to me you’re responsible

So I stared at my bedroom door

And the dim outlines it made

On into the kitchen I’ll fade

Where all the bottles and cans are out of the cupboards

Little whores in a bed of stains and crumbs

Well they whispered and they called me sailor

In livid sticky little graveyards

And my eyes turn to the windows of the dawn

That divided my world into something manageable

So it’s over now

All your (?)

Your friends

When you’re (?)

They say this is it

Well you know it never ends

So my shoes hit the street and ice and snow

And my soles scuff the sleet and salt and stone

You know when all our leaves were weeping there

Like little fish gasping for air

They’re climbing into lonely little homes

Trying to reach the surface

Persistent but ignorant

And I realized we’re no different

All of us here on the ground

Ghosts of some are unaware we’ve drowned

So it’s starting now

All your (?)

Your friends

When you’re (?)

They say this is the one

Well you know it always was