We Shall Not Be Released

The days of future pastel
They were not invited here
Leave them in the roadway
Like a twisted deer

There's a cloud inside me
When it rains it pours
Water hasn't failed yet
To run back to the source

I am not becoming
Disciple, wolf or priest
A failure to know no one
We shall not be released
We will not be released
We will not, no never be released

Who needs to know so much?
Vacuum jar the artifacts
Grind them into parables
Splayed across the wax

I will not be latered
Embittered or coerced
The first take is the best one
And cannot be reversed

I am not becoming
Disciple, wolf or priest
A failure to know no one
We shall not be released
We will not be released
We will not, no never be released

Flung and far to Chelsea
Southwest Hangover Square
Face plant on the Steinway
Tone cluster extraordinaire

I am not becoming
Disciple, wolf or priest
A failure to know no one
We shall not be released
We will not be released
We will not, no never be released
We will not be released
We shall not