He sits on a bench in a park and looks forward
Pictures himself in a car driving back from the shops
Clenches his fists so tight and raises them to his Lord
She crosses his mind again without warning and his life stops
He turns to switch off his alarm by the bedside
Looks forward to a sunny and productive day ahead
Turns his face to his God in the sky beyond his ceiling
She crosses his mind again without warning and his day is dead
He walks into a fast food restaurant needing lunch
Imagines himself maybe pulling the bird at the tills
He walks back out the door that he just came in through
She crosses his mind again without warning and his hunger she kills
He lays in a darkened bathroom soaking his skin
Dreams of one day owning a bar that serves great food
Slides his head below the surface of the bathwater he bathes in
She crosses his mind again without warning and she kills his mood
He opens the door to a second hand car that he owns
Looks in the mirror and plans to shave a new goatie beard
Cups his aching head into his empty and desperately lonely hands
She crosses his mind again without warning and brings all the things that he feared
He returns to the park bench that he visits often alone
Thinks about everything he had and all the things he desires
Screams out a name to nothingness that sprawls out before him
She crosses his mind again without warning and reignites all his old fires
He picks up his mobile telephone to dial the number of a mate
He wants to ask if he'd like to hook up and do something different today
But he has to hang up and bite his lip as he tries to stem the flow of his tears
She crosses his mind again without warning and removes from his mouth what he wanted to say
He goes to the train tracks alone one night for a walk and a think
Plans what to do with the things he can't shake from his stupid stupid head
Dreams about what it would be like to make passionate love to her once again
She crosses his mind again without warning and as the train hurtles closer he is dead
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