One More Time [MM]*

Behind my eyes
I keep my truth from you.
No one enters
this secret place,
the barrier only I embrace.
Time is fleeting now
they say.
Take time to look inside
and face...the change.

Dig down deep
to find the man I thought I was.
A dog on the treadmill panting,
the master pulls the leash, laughing.
Now I can't remember why
I needed to run, needed to try so hard.

One more time around
is all I ask for now,
a star to steer by, wind to
take me home again.

"Work hard in life boy
there's paradise in the end."
Year after year we struggle to gain
the happiness our parents never claimed.
They told us all we had to do
was do what we're told, buy what was sold.
"Invest in gold, and never get old."

One more time around
is all I ask for now,
a star to steer by, wind to
take me home again.

- Queensryche, Promised Land (1994)
* [MM] - Music Mondays

Oops - almost forgot to post a song for today. Queensryche, for a brief time, were the kings of progressive rock. This is one of my favorite songs by them off their last good album - in my opinion. Oh, they're still releasing albums, but nothing has come close to touching their previous releases. I really wish they would just fade away and stop putting out bad music just to sell records. Oh well, one can always hope that they will find their way back to good songwriting again. Unfortunately, I just a big enough sucker that I'll keep buying whatever they put out - so in the end I guess it's shame on me.

Shawn