Words Underlined
Jesse Marchant Lyrics

Past the strain, fever crushed
After enduring a great deal of stress and illness

I woke to human sound
I woke up to the sounds of human activity

An empty street
The street was devoid of people and activity

Loneliness, a fire going out
The feeling of loneliness was diminishing slowly, like a dying fire

I feel estranged
I feel disconnected from the world around me

From all the world around
From everything that surrounds me

The feeling's grown
The feeling has become stronger

I fear I'm letting go
I'm afraid that I'm losing control

Down the street
Further down the road

At once where worlds collide
At a point of intersection between different worlds or realities

And light you alone
And illuminate only you

In an effort strained
With a lot of effort

I stopped to find the line
I paused to figure out the best approach

Best ends the poem
The best way to conclude the poem

Where were you
Where were you when everything went wrong?

When all of this was fucked
When everything was messed up

And on it's side?
And out of balance?

Those words I underlined
Those particular words caught my attention and are important

In your part, you a wreck
You were a disaster in your part of the situation

You were one foot back
You were hesitant and not fully committed

Counting and weighing the odds
Calculating the risks and benefits

You were wrong for it love
You weren't suited for it, my dear

There was something there
Something significant existed, once

Now erased to black
Now gone, like words erased from a page

With the wrongful acts
Due to the hurtful things that were done

Of your warm lit half
Of the part of yourself that was loving and caring

You can't rely on me
You can't depend on me to fix things

To straighten you away
To lead you in the right direction

Now the weight
Now the burden

Of all that's fallen down
Of all that has gone wrong

Is mine alone
Is mine to bear alone

I see the way
I understand how

You watched your walk
You observed your own journey

Of blindness find a home
Of stubbornly refusing to see the truth

Well I know that change
I know that things can and will change

To let become as right
To allow things to be as they should be

What is known
What we already know to be true

I seen that letting go
I understand the importance of letting go

You a wounded lamb
You were hurt and vulnerable

In the parting wreck
In the aftermath of our separation

You couldn't win in the odds
You were unlikely to succeed

All your mournful love
All the love that was tinged with sadness

Into some thin air
Now gone and insubstantial

Well I was way in the isles
I was off somewhere else entirely

In a wanderlust
In a state of longing to travel and explore

In the sunlit air
Enjoying the warmth and light of the sun

I saw a light on you
I noticed something special about you

But it faded away
But it disappeared over time