Outside Door

from Open Hand by David Wilcox

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My movie house - it holds me prisoner
All boarded up - on a dead end street
In my darkest doubts - I'm the only visitor
Sunk down inside - those dusty seats
This world of mine - in two dimensions
It shocks my brain - with all I feel
That flickering lie - will build the tension
And I brace for pain - like it was real

I can't stop the scene from playing
Trying ain't worth dying for
It won't change, but I'm not staying
I just found the outside door

The old film that rolls - I know the story
For all my years - it's been the same
I'll see my old - moment of glory
Fall to my fear - and find my shame
It leaves my heart - empty and shallow
No happy end - and no relief
In that endless dark - my cave of shadows
I still suspend - my disbelief

Standing in the morning wonder
Never seen the sun before
Broke the spell that I was under
I just found the outside door

There's No silver screen - no satin curtain
My state of mind - plays this whole show
The illusion seems - to be so certain
That I'm trapped inside - with nowhere to go
Inside my war - with dark projection
I try to scream - but have no voice
There is a door - an outside exit
We can be free - we have a choice

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from Open Hand, released April 7, 2009

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