ya snooze ya lose

would it matter if the dreams haunted the night

again and would anyone but him care

to roam deeper maybe it's impossible

to have friendship that has endured so much

some might say that something has got to give

back to his feet and someone else shouts

ya snooze ya lose

how that statement cuts deep

like the trust he has never earned

points when he could have used a little more time

but he has wasted so much already

why should he be given any extension

a cord trips him his feet got too tangled

and only now that blue is real

and he supposes this is how he is supposed to feel

the sting like alcohol on the face after a close shave

off all the mistakes and all he has are beautiful memories

the connection he has never shared with anyone

and with another wish although he shouldn't get one

he would give that wish away he owes it to someone

so much swimming beneath thick ice he may never breathe the same

suffocating in his own solitude his hermitage

has created the monster he battles nightly

now he scrambles because he knows the silence

soon may be eternal like the peace he strives for a way to force

himself through so he might breathe again

back to the beginning beauty standing eye to eye

hardwood floor reaching out the middle

two years worth of letters brought him to this spot

trapped under that ice

he used it to slide across all the turbulence

the ship has always survived the toughest storms

and now he has what he deserves

an under frozen water cell...