Zero Hour

I told you about this song

This beautiful song that makes you think of the people you love

I stand here now

In these empty corridors and unoccupied rooms

And I close my eyes

Walking at a steady and slow pace

I close my eyes and put my earphones on

There you are once again

I’ve perfected this song now

With each letter of each word of the lyric

I construct a world in my mind

A world just for us

A world identical to the one we have now

Except for all the bloodshed and sorrow

I replaced all that with cotton candy

There you are at the end of the hall

Standing, waiting for me to run towards you

Just across the hall yet out of my reach

I run, I hop, I jump, I fell no matter what I do

I only seem to get distant from you

I still don’t open my eyes

This is my world

I can make something of it

But I don’t try

You’re too pure to be mine

I’m too toxic for your mind

You stay right across the infinite hall

I’ll be by your side, I’ll still be lost

I reach the end of the song

I open my eyes and the world is gone

You’re not here, the corridor is empty again

All my dreams, all my hopes

The whole of my world

All of it in vain

Push repeat, and immerse right back in

You’re an addiction

And I’ve seemed to give in.