Jeff Klein - Five Good Reasons

welcome to the house that lives
inside of me
we've got more dust
inside these rooms
than room to breathe
patience left before
i had patience to leave
and pictures tell
a thousand lies of memories
i've got five good reasons
why i never sleep at home
and i've got four more people
telling me that i am wrong
and i've got three more wishes
god i wish that i was gone
i've got two more fears left
and i fear that i am one
father time it seems
he's dying inside of here
all of the love
has been overthrown by fear
you know i try to keep
myself as open as i can
but you seem to slam me out
whenever i let you in
i always thought that age
would bring some clarity
but every day
is surrounded by self pity
and i don't understand
how someone as close to you as me
could be the pit of all your hate
and all your greed