Shadowlands

Another day has come and gone Nothing changes, nothing's done Sit down and I look around My life, my friends, where have they gone The turning point is here Its coming bears the taint of fear But it feels like my magnum opus Arrived too soon, then disappeared Same thing every day I spend the lighter hours awake Until I reach the end And then go back to sleep Nose right to the grindstone For another buck to take home To this solitary Company I keep So I sit inside my shell And survey starved childhood dreams There surely must be something more for me I survey it all through these shadowlands Watching life go by beyond my reach All alone I walk here, with my heart in my hand Losing my hold on reality There is a door before me Leading to where I can be free And where I can join Reality, at last The exit from these shadowlands Is locked, but the key is in my hand Fear is all that Says that I can't pass