I woke like any other day Night had been so kind It's embrace had been warm And I forgot for a while It's been said we need what's familiar The dam of endearment for what's gone began to break And I begin to question what I'd done And lost along the way Fragile are some when the seam comes undone And consolation comes from what's familiar Solace so loud that you can't turn it down And the consolation comes from what's familiar Now perceptions so distorted Alabaster turns to brown And the walls smile and whisper And tell you not to doubt Something resonates inside you And confusion won't subside Smell of yesterday so strong I could forget tomorrow's mine Weary of convictions Of all it could have been I'm a fool trapped beneath myself With a means to an end But sometimes I am able