Green Eyes

You can sink or swim that’s what they say you should get from there to here

 Orbit the edge of a vortex til the background disappears 

 He was the first man I ever met, he filled in every space

 Told me not to mumble, there was anger in his face 

 Those green eyes looked past me

 A fool lies, only a fool lies

 There is no need

 Do you have what I want? 

 His dad wore Old Spice and he wore Brut, we loved him naturally

 Making grilled cheese for dinner in an RV by the sea 

 Or in the desert burning out the lights the final moment before

 He was alone for all the good times til he stumbled through the door 

 There’s no prize, no fight to win

 Maybe on his side I could’ve been

 Did he have what I want?

 Do I know what that was?

 If you see who I am

 Will you be who he was?