After Tomorrow
Words & Music By Tara Novak
The hollow hungriness
Warm night washing my thoughts away
Brief punctuations of light
Revealing only my cloak of identity
Here I am
Hiding in sight
Here I am
Never quite right
Everybody said, "Be the head of the class"
Gold and diamond rings
Precious things, now all brass
After tomorrow I’ll break this spell
After tomorrow unlock this hell
I’ll shed this skin
Live out what’s within
If the sun ever rises
After tomorrow
The yawning yearning
Bright sun stealing my breath away
Forced repetitions of thought
Leaving only my shadow of identity
Here I am
Told what to be
Here I am
With cold accuracy
Coloring on the page, daily wage, false applause
All the lessons learned
Praises earned at what cost?
After tomorrow I’ll break this spell
After tomorrow unlock this hell
I’ll shed this skin
Live out what’s within
If the sun ever rises
After tomorrow
I’ve been battling all these ways
Fourteen thousand days and counting
Layer after layer of learned behavior
With eyes open, I’m a box checked, a circle, a line drawn
with eyes closed, I’m a hero, a goddess, an Amazon
After tomorrow I'll break this spell
After tomorrow unlock this hell
I’ll shed this skin
Live out what’s within
I’ll shed this skin
Live out what’s within
If the sun ever rises
After tomorrow
If the sun ever rises
After tomorrow
© 2022 Talamh Music
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