It's not about you

He was desperately confused.
(it's not about yoooouu)
His never-ending wrestling match with an insatiable and carnivorous sexual appetite left him constantly exhausted.
(it's not about yooooouu)
A starving lion who must dine delicately on the choicest of meat or not at all.
(it's not about yoooouu)
The analogy breaks down. Characters muddle and meld. It is about you, it's not about you.
(if I was a man I'd have a whole different set of problems… and also many of the same problems)

Understand?

I'm the lion and the tamer
I'm the tiger and the cage
I'm the circus and the freak show
Business acumen and rage

I'm the door and I'm the porter
I'm the time and I'm the age
I'm the book and I'm the scholar
I'm the pen and I'm the page

I
Am
A self con tained e co sys tem and
If
You
In tro duce a new spe cies it will
Up
Set
The ba lance of my bi o rhy thms
(tick... tock... tick... tock...)

I'm the patient and the doctor
I'm the master and the slave
Both the mother and the infant
Both the digger and the grave

I'm the moth and I'm the candle
I'm the light and I'm the cave
Both my love and my beloved
I'm both particle and wave

I
Am
A self con tained e co sys tem and
If
You
In tro duce a new spe cies it will
Up
Set
The ba lance of my bi o rhy thms
(tick... tock... tick... tock...)

I'm the lover and the warrior
The dreamer and the dream
I'm the paint and I'm the painter
I'm the nightmare and the scream

I'm bewitched and the bewitcher
I'm the plotter and the scheme
I invented the inventor
I'm the cat who got the cream

I
Am
A self con tained e co sys tem and
If
You
In tro duce a new spe cies it will
Up
Set
The ba lance of my bi o rhy thms
(tick... tock... tick... tock...)

I'm the gift and I'm the burden
I'm the hunger and the meal
I'm the hard truth and the questions
I'm the answers that conceal

I'm the words that cloud your meaning
I'm the kiss you never steal
I'm the life and I'm the heartbeat
I'm the fantasy of 'real'

I
Am
A self con tained e co sys tem and
If
You
In tro duce a new spe cies it will
Up
Set
The ba lance of my bi o rhy thms
(tick... tock... tick... tock...)

truth will out

just relax
it'll be over soon
and I promise you won't feel a thing
I'll be there to catch you
if you fall too soon
you don't have to worry about anything

except the truth
don't let the truth
get
out
beware the truth
baby, the truth
will
out

let it go
let it enfold you
hold on to what you've been running from
there'll be someone there to uphold you
long as you don't ask where it's coming from

you don't want the truth
don't let the truth
get
out
beware the truth
baby, the truth
will
out

well the temperature is rising
in my freshly laundered bed
but the fever isn't breaking
and it's going to my head
oh my darling when you touched me
you infected me with dread
but the fever isn't breaking
and it's going to my head

beware the truth
don't let the truth
get
out
beware the truth
baby the truth
will
out

Ben's song

*Author's Note: This is a song. It was written for a specific person. The lyrics were true at one point but are now irrelevant. It has a tune, but you can make up your own, it's that sort of song.*

Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin Bailey
Benjamin, Logan, Logan Bailey
Benjamin Princess Leia Bailey
The prettiest princess that I ever did see

Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin Bailey
Don't you know you're driving me crazy
I feel so lost and I feel so lazy
And I need your lovin' like a cat in a tree

Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin Bailey

Benjamin, Logan, Logan Bailey

Benjamin Princess Leia Bailey

The prettiest princess that I ever did see

Remember that night my head went funny

You held me close and you called me 'honey'

The situation weren't so funny

But there's still hope for you and me

Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin Bailey

Benjamin, Logan, Logan Bailey

Benjamin Princess Leia Bailey

The prettiest princess that I ever did see

Benjamin don't you know I love you

I just want to kiss and hug you

You drive me nuts and I know I bug you

But I still miss you laughing at me

Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin Bailey

Benjamin, Logan, Logan Bailey

Benjamin Princess Leia Bailey

The prettiest princess that I ever did see

I need your love so des-per-ate-ly

Like a cat that's stuck in a tree

'Cause you're the prettiest princess that I ever did see!

Guitar Strap

She didn't like guitar straps when she was a child. She thought they looked stupid. She preferred it when the musician simply held the guitar without the aid of a strap, and didn't understand why not everyone did this.
The man on the subway was singing.

My body is hot
My body is cold
My body will keep on loving you
Till I get too old

ooooo...

My body is drunk
My body is sober
My body will devise a way
To win you over

ooooo...

My body is stiff
My body is loose
My body is dangling limply from
A hangman's noose

ooooo...

My body is moving
My body is still
My body is debating the question
Of freeeeeeee wiiiilll

ooooo...

My body is healthy
My body is sick
The stars keep growing brighter but
The clouds are thick

ooooo...

My body is tired
My body is broken
But I will hide it here for you
As a lover's token

ooooo...

My body is whole
My body is strong
Still, I will retreat from you
Before too long.

ooooooooooo.....