Mystery Man

from Season of the Moon by Michael McGuire

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I know the secret yet I live the lie, Don’t ask me to tell you; don’t ask me why, Where there’s a will there’s always a will in your way, I wait for tomorrow and it turns out like today, Is it my fault that I am me, Or just the price you pay for being free, The moment just shifted it’s fast out of range, This weather is ominous this weather is strange.

I just can't figure me out, All I’m sure of is this insatiable doubt, I wonder if you really see me, And if I’m anything at all what could I be.

I was lost at sea; then I drifted ashore, I forgot why I left but that don’t matter no more, I don’t live for a reason; I don’t die for a cause, I just break; I didn’t make the laws, I’m like a shadow I disappear in the night, I know I’m wrong but I hope I’m right, An abstract parade on a concrete lawn, The dreamers will wake the sleepers at dawn.

I just can't figure me out, All I’m sure of is this insatiable doubt, I wonder if you really see me, And if I’m anything at all what could I be.

Lost in the moment; hunted in time, The future's a myth; the past is a crime, I offer confusion to the order of space, There’s a voice I keep hearing somewhere behind my face, Where did I come from; where am I going, I’m still the same size although I keep growing, I just can't tell what is and is not real, I’m sure of my touch but I’m not sure what I feel.

I just can't figure me out, All I’m sure of is this insatiable doubt, I wonder if I really see you, And I wonder if you wonder about me too.

Nov. 89

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from Season of the Moon, released December 1, 1989

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