The Meaning in the Message

I could write about a summer day
I could write to make you cry
Though it doesn't mean a thing but words
Unless you see the truth behind
The meaning in the message

I could tell you just how lovely
Your image is in moonlight
And how fragile sweet your being
I could make you feel just right

I could tell you you are wretched
Sick and lost and just a slave
You'd believe me, take it to heart
I could make you feel brave

But it's fleeting and it's fragile
And it's wrapped in window dressing
No one knows the truth behind it
Or the meaning in the message

I could speak of you as power
While I cut your inner heart
You would never know the difference
As I tore your soul apart

I could tell you that I love you
Would that serve to make it true
As I leave you at the altar
Some pathetic sad excuse

I could build you up like Moses
Preaching from the mountaintops
And then cut the hill beneath you
With one word I'll make it stop

Cause it's fleeting and it's fragile
And it's wrapped in window dressing
No one knows the truth behind it
Or the meaning in the message

Later-E