Beacon in The Night

The biggest of explosions, the shortest of delays
I think it’s coming from the attic
You know it’s getting closer, we’ll never get away
The air is flooded with a panic 

Should I lose my way, would you be right behind?
A pillar in the day, a beacon in the night
Should I take a turn and vanish from your sight
I long to see you burn, a beacon in the night

The calendar is dripping with disappearing ink
I hear the cylinders revolving
The shadows in the kitchen are longer than you think
I feel the ritual dissolving

Bigger than you, bigger than me, not of a kind that you can see
Like a fault line on the ceiling
Some of this pain never will pass, but it can hurt a little bit less
Until it’s just an empty feeling

Though I sit beside you, I need a telescope
To see your waking thoughts projected
I saw your heart turn into the crucible of hope
But then the transplant was rejected