Glass Menagerie mp3

A shy and crippled creature
At home with the unicorns
Living with the horses won't survive
Unless one sees her for what she it

Peaking in car windows
Pausing at store fronts
Hard to tell escapism apart from plain narcisism
Seeing not what's through
But what's reflected back
When you're looking at yourself it means you must be someone else

Going to a movie
Standing at a show
Hard to tell inattention apart from imagination
Hearing not what's on stage
But what's in one's own head
When you're listening to yourself it means you're really somewhere else

It's true
A little true
A little bit she needed you
Thought not a glass menagerie still it's nice to know
That her world is beautiful to you too

Feeling someone awkward
Feeling out of place
Hard to tell interior apart from wha'ts exterior
Craving recognition
Hiding from it too
When you're conscious of yourself you're not of much anything else

Being asked some questions
Asking in return
Hard to tell pure politeness apart from genuine interest
Time accelerating
With answers being heard
When you lose track of yourself you're being found by someone else

It's true
A little true
A little bit she needed you
Thought not a glass menagerie still it's nice to know
That her world is beautiful to you too

A strong and assured creature
Might befriend the unicorns if one arrives
To see her for what she is
(mid June 2004)
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