entertain me for the tenth hour in a row again

anesthetize me with your gossip and many random anecdotes

and fill every hour with activity or ear candy

drop me off at intersections in any city metropolitan



and keep me in this state

and keep me purgatorying

and sing me back to sleep

this is far more than I had bargained for



start every week with a break-neck urgent design

and end every speed day with my briefcase representing free time

spending my fruits my purchases become my lifeline

please give my love to my family

I'll doubtfully be home at Christmas time



don't disturb me in this state

please leave me purgatorying

I'll be damned if I'm to wake

this is far more than I am equipped for



I've held you up like a deity

like you're the sole owner of wings

this unrequited tunnel vision

and I wonder why I've not been writing



please keep me in this state

please keep me purgatorying

please rock me back to sleep

this love is more than - than I have bargained for



I'll be damned if I'm to wake

this is far more than I'm equipped for