And Now

AND NOW - Written by Carroll Bryant

And now

We can go our separate ways

Live from day to day

Both dwelling in decay

And now

We can heal from all the fights

Stop skanking with our knives

Run for our very lives

We can’t placate our memories

Love is a monkey shock disease

Anger lives atop the trees

This isn’t how it had to be

And now

We can rest our hateful words

Lay down our bloodied swords

Baptize the pain and hurt

And now

We can breathe in better air

Pretend like we never cared

Spread ourselves almost everywhere

We can’t mandate chivalry

Love is a door without a key

Anger mates with misery

This isn’t how it had to be

I can write a thousand ways of everything I hallucinate

And you were never the poster girl of malevolent

I can sing a thousand songs of everything that we did wrong

And that would never erase the benevolence

I can write a thousand ways of everything I instigate

And you were the clever one for entitlement

I can sing a thousand songs of everything that carries on

And you would never compromise your consonance

And now

We can make for a better path

Find something that will last

Survivors of the aftermath

And now

We can hold our heads in shame

Know that we’re both to blame

Winners of a losing game

We can’t fancicate felicity

Love is a bowl without a bean

Anger rules us like a king

This isn’t how it had to be

Love is a yard sale in the spring

And I would give up everything

If it could be how it ought to be