Think Things Differently

Have you ever tried to think about things differently?
Not just from another perspective, not from just another person.
Have you ever closed your eyes tight and wondered what life would be like -
If you had done things differently, if they hadn't said those things, spewed those demons.
Have you ever sat back and watch life go by,
gnats flying high, trying to escape the inevitability -
we all die?

Have you ever curled around your lover, held them tight?
Wish that they never had to cry, wished they never left.
A bleeding catastrophe, your heart on love,
stop sacrificing it, it's not a bull or a dove.
Stop trying to find the right one in the next one,
stop searching for a treasure that has a mind of its own -
time when time alone will bring them to you.

Its not healthy, this fear and anger you carry,
no one is meant to carry those bags for so long,
drop them and take a breath, stretch, laugh,
have you ever tried to lift a weight heavier than yourself?
It's impossible without help from friends and lovers and even the liars -
For even they will show you the way from this pain you carry.

Will you close your eyes tonight and wonder what life will be like -
If you do things differently, if you don't say those hurtful things,
if you don't drown your sorrows in liquor trying to chase your dreams.
Will you lay back and let the stars fly by, dreams not dead but soaring a little higher?
Will you think things differently?