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I look straight in the window

Try not to look below

Pretend I'm not up here I

try counting sheep But the sheep

seem to shower Off this office

tower It's 9.8 straight down I

can't stop my knees I wish

I could fly

From this building,

from this wall And if I

should try

Would you catch me if I

fall?

My hands clench the squeegee My

secular rosary Hang on to your

wallet Hang on to your rings

Can't look below me Or something

will throw me I curse at

the windstorms That October brings I

look straight in the boardroom A

modern pharaoh's tomb I'd gladly swap

places If they cared to dive

They're lined up at the window

Peer down into limbo They're frightened

of jumping In case they survive

I wish I could step From

this scaffold Onto soft green pastures

Shopping malls or bed With my

family and my pastor And my

grandfather who's dead

Look straight in the mirror Watch

it come clearer I look like

a painter Behind all the grease

But painting's creating And I'm just

erasing A crystal clear canvas Is

my masterpiece I wish I could

fly From this building,

from this wall And if I

should try

Would you catch me if I

fall?

When I fall