I wrote a piece called "Stop" a couple of years ago, but recently I was inspired to add to it.
Can you tell that part of it was written at a different time or does it blend well?
Which version do you guys prefer?
Stop
Pause for a moment.
What was in control
spins out of control
What was lost
has found its bitter end
What is sweet
Stops
Press rewind,
see life running backwards
but it's still going forwards
in reality
Watch the second hand
ticking in reverse, and it
Stops
Slow motion
Frame by frame
you pick out my mistakes
Moments blend with minutes
blurring in slow motion
Grains of sand rolling forward
Stop
Now you stop
Heart pounds like thunder
eyes flicker lightning
storm cloud shudder
the truth rains down,
pours down. it wont
Stop
Stop (updated version)
Pause for a moment.
What was in control
spins out of control
What was lost
has found its bitter end
What is sweet
Stops
Press rewind,
see life running backwards
but it's still going forwards
in reality
Watch the second hand
ticking in reverse, and it
Stops
Slow motion
Frame by frame
you pick out the mistakes
Moments blend with minutes
blurring in slow motion
Grains of sand rolling forward
Stop
The picture turns to static
My emotions start to flicker
flicker out of time
Volume never ceases
The tension never eases
how the silence keeps me blind
Then you let it
Stop
But your comfort is not honest
Untrusting tones of promise
promises unkept
You unsharpen my image
lowering your focus
as if I'll never notice
or want you to
Stop
Strangled in the cords
while you're knotting up the cables
I just want this to pause
but it seems in your control.
The only answer
is to pull out the plug
and now you stop
Heart pounds like thunder
eyes flicker lightning
storm cloud shudder
the truth rains down,
pours down. it will never
Stop
