spotlights

prison bars inside our homes

gone way too far this time

it's skin on skin for skin tonight

and i stand in plain sight

i watch it drown

where the fires burn right beside

they'll burn it to the ground

and we'll never know

we'll never know

paper plates and dinner trays

stacked away

stomach groans

to see you see the sight of me

would surely break my bones

i wash it down

and the fires burned bright outside

my house it's not a home

and we'll never know

we'll never know

under these spotlights down on the streets i roam

i'm looking for prophets born from these broken homes

and under this sunshine revealed your brilliant cast

if you never burn bright

you never take flight and you're always looking back

swept away from holidays

had to learn to play pretend

a list to list a list of things

i wish that i could send

i toss it out

the once upon a time" for you