Near to Something That Actually Exists

Streets lit, glowing lamps shining bright

In uncharted territory now

It seems the end is not within sight

So I don’t know if I’m going down

And with her black hair waving I ask

With a giant smile, “Missy, where too?”

“I don’t know, but I cannot look back

And I need to explain this to you

My life has been turned upside down

With my head buried underground

All my life I searched for this

But it just left me filled with emptiness

So I climbed in this car for warmth

And now my heart is again torn

So excuse me while I make you feel

Like you were ‘this close’ to something real"

I pulled over to the curbside

Putting it in park, I spoke my mind

“I don’t need one in whom to confide

Believe it or not, I was just fine”

Her nerves regressed and she gave a smile

And decided to ask me to date

I said, “I guess it’s been a while”

Maybe it was luck or maybe fate

My life had been turned upside down

With my head buried underground

All my life I searched for this

But it just left me filled with emptiness

So I climbed in this car for warmth

And now my heart was again torn

So excuse me while you make me feel

Like I was ‘this close’ to something real

As we traveled down the street

There was a sign marked “Dead End”

Seeing the journey was complete

We decided not to pretend

The façade that became of it all

Faded as fast as possible

As we opened the doors to both withdraw

We were in a car that we thought was nautical

But thankfully we read the writing on the wall

Our lives have been turned upside down

With our heads buried underground

All our lives we searched for this

But it just left us filled with emptiness

So we climbed out of this car for warmth

But now our hearts aren’t again torn

So excuse us while we can still feel

Like you we’re this close to something real