Count to Ten

You'll hold your breath and count
You'll stop at ten
And then need to do it over again

But don't bite your tongue
Come on tell me, tell what I already know
'Cause we're not strangers
Who'd sell our beloved discomfort for petty gold

And nothing changes in Hell
Its mouth is open, its eyes are closed
Its claws are lashing and its rage exposed
And I wait for you to revive my ghost from where I fell

Where there is sound, there's life
Sometimes I act like this
To hear your shrieking prove that you exist

If you ran the world
We'd all be strapped in white jackets for feeling at all
But what you've got
Is just your black mortar, one way glass, brick and serenity wall

And because I'm not on your side, I'm a trap

My jaws are open, my ears are closed
I'm poised and still, but ready to explode
But it's not like that I promise there's no code
And no secrets to unwrap

You can't hold your breath forever
Beneath the shelter of the sky
'Cause my reflection in your water
Will break the surface tension you've been swearing by

This is a different world with every frame of time
And time can see the living stillness you create
When you stop counting and you breathe

Your mouth is open, your eyes are closed
Your hands are trembling and your teardrops flow
And the moment rises to find us both, and it never leaves