The Contrary - Transient lyrics

[Verse 1] Perforated along the margins of reality To this day, I wonder why it still matters to me Flipping through all of the previous chapters Thinking ahead of what I'm really after The endless pages of opportunities rended By misleading blank ones; many dead ends Now I have resolved to, and I will Take off the excess and get rid of the frills [Hook] Page by page, I'm disengaged From all that is no more than a phase [Verse 2] It's been a long time coming, but now I see The broken lines; perforating alternate realities From the pages of my chronicled storyline It's simply too bad that you found yourself behind My line-of-sight, out-of-mind, just my rearview mirror Smaller than my windshield of future; it's clearer Even now that this chapter approaches closure Exactly what I needed- minus all the exposure [Hook] [Bridge] [Hook]