The Penguins Are Dying

Walking the clouds

And there are penguins all around

And the penguins made me smile

But then appeared a hole in the cloud

And I fell through to the next level

Not knowing I was pushed by the devil

And he’s pushing this person towards me

Who is a bit of everything I need

But then he snatches him viciously away

But I want him out of greed

I really cannot explain the things I’m feeling inside

I don’t even know who, what or why

I don’t know how it came to this

At one point it was just bliss

And now it’s good ‘cause we’re adults not kids

But still there’s something tearing

Just somewhere inside

I can’t pinpoint exactly what or where

But there’s definitely something there

Deep down inside

I shoulda walked away I know

But I stayed out of my own selfish need

Not knowing my need would backfire on me

And now I can’t be freed

It’s like I found an emerald

Among the sea of green

And then a beautiful mermaid appeared

And snatched it away from me

I know none of this would be this

If I’d known what I know now back then

I could have stopped it all

And I did for a while

But it crept up on me from behind

Took my frown for a smile

Made everything worthwhile

Brought the penguins to life

While I walked and smiled

But I burned myself on a candle

And then another candle and another

And the burns didn’t mark my skin

They kinda marked me from within

The thing is my own bullshit don’t make sense right now

And that’s a first

‘cause this is the one place where my mind

Is free to give birth

But my mind is spewing crap

More crap than usual

My own mind is confusing the hell out of me

Is this really worth the trouble

I’m looking up to the hole above my head

And I see a couple penguins

Some are lying dead

Others are screaming and crying

While watching their loved ones dying

And here I am spying

Upon a world that could have been.