Dont Follow Me

Through another late night confession
Told to a captive audience
You listen with your ear to the door
Waiting for pearls of wisdom to fall

Like open secrets overheard
Through the cracks in the wall

Calculated candor you play the part
Of a trusted confidant
Moving closer for a better view
Looking for more than eyes can see

On the tattered pages
Of an open diary

If you want to know just what I see
Look at yourself don't ask me
And if you want to know where we're going
Keep your distance and don't follow me

Like an old friend with nothing left to say
You'll find I'm not who you thought I'd be
As you contemplate the silence
Waiting for pearls of wisdom to fall

From the still uncertain heart
That beats behind the wall

If you want to know just what I see
Look at yourself don't ask me
And if you want to know where we're going
Keep your distance and don't follow me

If you want to know just what I see
Look at yourself don't ask me
And if you want to know where we're going
Keep your distance and don't follow me

If you want to know just what I see
Look at yourself don't follow me