Vibrancy hides me
Come find me
We’re vibing
It might be a delight if it’s highly unlikely
Slightly unsightly
Conniving; indict me
I might be a riot
I might be unquiet
Never gonna be dead
Because I’m fed up and endless
Regretful instead
Like, how could I end this?
I find my convictions are easily tested
I'd rest if my best weren’t so easily bested

The tang
Of ashes
Distracts my attention
My affection is limited
My ego reflection
Flashes of memory
Totems of moments
Eloping with total eclipses and frozen
Stuck here in place
Lucky, fearful, and graced
Distracted by degrees of delightful disgrace
Never knowing where to begin
In times when I find
The bitter taste is slipping in

In every way
I never found it
In all of my days
I couldn’t have drowned it
The pauper who sings
I would have crowned him
Sweet the sin, bitter the taste

Violent inertia
Invades my fervour
And even if I could
I wouldn’t go further
‘Cause even / Stevens
Is strange way of being
A mismatch of meaning
I mean, how inhuman
To demand, to declare
I’m owed back what I give
When the odds are all stacked
Forgive and let live
Reset and renew
Relearn what you knew
Aim for insistence and break through

Elated
Mistaken
Retained
Underrated
Mislabelled
Berated
Disdained
Denigrated
Verbacious
Loquacious
Stainless
Blameless
Tainted
Restated
Vengeful
Dreadful
Tangibly handled
Feel like I’m rambling
Angling for restitution and forgiveness
When all I actually need right now is a witness
Yeah all I need is a witness

In every way
I never found it
In all of my days
I couldn’t have drowned it
The pauper who sings
I would have crowned him
Sweet the sin, bitter the taste

The world around
Brings me to task
I wouldn’t have tried
But you had to ask
I’ll wait in the wings
Wait for her to laugh
Sweet the sins
Bitter their taste

I want it now
I want it today
I wanted to cry
I wish you had stayed
You needed to hear
I wanted to say
Without you here
Nothing's the same
All I know has gone away
Sweet the sin
Bitter the taste