A Shot in the Dark - Houston Calls

I’m leaving loves behind

While finding time to rhyme

Mistakes with what’s at stake

No, that’s just too contrived

Can I get a little taste of your lips so I feel alive?

Can you offer up the same uncertainty that I define?

Are you up for keeping in touch once a month or twice a year?

Can you handle regret and a lack of will to persevere?

This apathy will haunt me over and over and over…

So when will I wake up?

Please pinch me I don’t feel a thing

I’ve got a hand of wish and one of chance

Don’t bother, it’s enough to get me through it

I close my eyes and roll a set of loaded dice, I’m sure

As convincing as a shot in the dark could be

I’ll keep doing what I love with a stab at integrity

I’m adding water to w (h)ine

Pretending I’m not that guy

I’m cracking jokes all the time

To cover up a steady decline

Can I get a little taste of your lips so I feel alive?

Can you offer up the same uncertainty that I define?

Are you up for keeping in touch once a month or twice a year?

Can you handle regret and a lack of will to persevere?

This apathy will haunt me over and over and over…

So when will I wake up?

Please pinch me I don’t feel a thing

I’ve got a hand of wish and one of chance

Don’t bother, it’s enough to get me through it

I close my eyes and roll a set of loaded dice, I’m sure

As convincing as a shot in the dark could be

I’ll keep doing what I love with a stab at integrity

Leaving always gets the best of me when I can’t say hello again

It’s just another way to remember

It’s just another way to forget

So when will I wake up?

Please pinch me I don’t feel a thing

I’ve got a hand of wish and one of chance

Don’t bother, it’s enough to get me through it

I close my eyes and roll a set of loaded dice, I’m sure

As convincing as a shot in the dark could be

I’ll keep doing, doing, doing what I love