Ten Years Gone

I started writing this song in 1997. I was never satisfied with it, but couldn't quite bring myself to throw it out completely. It went through two different musical drafts, three different lyrical drafts, and four different recordings. Finally, in 2007, I recorded the final version that I am happy with, both musically and lyrically. So, here are the finished lyrics:

Caving In

Once appraised at a price in the nice side of town,
Now the highs are low,
As low as old downs.
How did we not see our base,
Become flooded rooms warped from slow decay,
And not realize until now?

Isn’t it funny how we’ve changed,
And how we’re forgetting to laugh?
Isn’t it sad how we’ve changed,
Into this aftermath?

Now we’re caving in,
So let’s lie to ourselves again.

We’ve memorized these lies,
Like lines from a play.
Though the quips are written in,
With an ad-libbed fib we’ll stray.
We wrote a script that slips,
Through pursed and puckered lips.
It’s slightly slanted,
But deeply implanted.

We’re caving in.