The whipping boy

Master Houdini
After half a who-dun-it
I posit the doubtful bout
Pulled out in the candid of public
I * know the way
When those pressures get stowed away
& the woes of depression get pulled away
And the mind in its overdrive mode in the Lotus breaks
Down, gets Loaded up, towed away
Potholes
Disguised as factoids
Snapple capped
Reads "you need this"
The muscle man in the magazine
W/ abdominal glean
Speaks, "you could be this"
And you could be anything
And you wanna be anyone
Other than yourself
Rotate out like skin cells or red in the setting sun

Hook x 2:

You gave me a dream and I'm grateful
Played all the right scenes
Been a knight, been a king, and
I ain't been awake for
I guess I can't remember that
I guess that I've been holed up
In a castle in the sky
Turned upside down
That crashed out in the Doldrums

*Halos
Dr. Jung with the Dr. Grabow
Lot of room and a lot of rainbows
Not a clue and that's not an problem
Store my jewels 'mongst the Gringot's goblins
To *withdraw
No lows or pitfalls
Ditched all
Smartphone phones and missed calls
Just essence
Getting lost in a bunch of light--
Last night--
Bought a Golden Compass and a subtle knife
What a life
Or a half a life maybe
Something's not eright with the candle light lately
Summer's goner past & the dandelion's graying
And the smile that was plastered on tight is now waning
There's the *baby
And what used to be a marriage
[Used to be ]
Now it's carried like another task
And I swear that we used to have a carriage
[Used to have]
Now I'm staring at a pumpkin patch

Hook x 2