It comes and goes, it comes in sweeping fits
The tide recedes and pulls you out with it
Overwhelming and you can’t resist, oh no…
Rub your temples from another headache
You need to rest, but your thoughts still race
Exhausted, you just want to hit the brakes, oh no…
Desperation
Under the gun for 3 more reports
Already crammed six years of work into four
No time to question what you’re doing it for
Work late each night, but there will always be more
Gives you a little more
Just a little more…
Desperation ripping your soul,
screaming through you, out of control
Desperation - up from inside,
leaving scars that you can’t hide
Feeling weary, you slip out at six
Husband’s on the road, so you can try to get some rest
But you can’t relax when you open the door
Trash, clothes, plants, glass, spills, bills thatcan’t be ignored
Messages, calls to return
Incrementally, you turn to desperation
So you make a drink, fold some clothes
Your mind’s a mess, certain no one knows
how in the world you could ever feel so bad
Put away the clothes and under his socks see a
letter addressed to a P.O. box
It’s a credit card you did not know he had
The bill shows candy, champagne, lingerie,
a hotel room a few miles away
On nights when he said he was working late
Ten years of trust just vaporized,
don’t know what’s true or what is lies
The plans you had, never to be realized
How can he look you in the eyes?
Why did you drive relentlessly and sacrifice for…
Desperation ripping your soul,
screaming through you, out of control
Desperation - up from inside,
leaving scars that you can’t hide
An early grave is where you’ll rest in peace… at last