Sandskimmer

Like dust from a sirocco I skim across the sands My eyes bleed from the light And the skin peels from my hands I thought I was the snake 'Cause I was not the scorpion But that didn't feel right When I stuck out my tongue This shattered glass inside my eyes Refracting light, seeing colours that aren't there If I could understand this brokenness behind my eyes Maybe then I'd see the truth The sand, it turns to glass It's the season of the sun And the night, it fades away So I start to run I can see what the future holds But my eyes are playing tricks My mind begins to take flight And so as morning hits I wake up to the light It's the first time I haven't seen the night The sunlight burns my eyes and makes my skin blister and burn So I slink back to the shadows I rummage through this pile of bones All those who the desert claimed I suck the marrow out and toss them back aside I don't think it'll ever change The desert will never change And my lips craved for a fountain But I reached the edge of the desert And saw the peaks of the mountains