Absent Minded

a feat of unequal measure

I let her in
through telepathy
or sattelite
what proof do i have

you wanna come to my party in the sky
please please baby dry your eyes
 I know you well
inside your soul
and there is a cover charge

all u have to do
is one thing
one completely selfless act
with no strings attached

You cant say you were a good person to get into the party
for that is not selfless
its selfish
a feat of unequal measure we all face to pay the bills

some live for it
some pay their way out of it
some cry for it
some try to manipulate
and some kill and others die for it

but your selfless act
one
just one selfless act to come to my party
thats all i ask
can u do that?

full well knowing from this day forward
that that is the price
that every nice thing you do is sort of somehow selfish
you have motives for everything you do

You open a door for a pretty lady
because you want her to think highly of you
you throw your money away
because others will try that too
and karma comes around
you give to the poor
but it was all selfish
to get into the party
you died in that war
to get through this door

now go do something selfless
something youve never done before

you used those good looking people as your friends
because they were smart
or u could learn from the stupid people youwere stepping on
to get in a better position
you praid to god because you thought thats what you were supposed to do
not truly because you wanted a better world for them
but because you thought you should because they were praying for you
selfishly that was done out of guilt

something selfless anything at all
full well knowing it will be worth your time
and its a feat of unequal measure for anyone big or small
we never stop trying but forget and return to the challenge
things get complicated
because we were lost confused
due to being selfish

so you work
to pay your bill sto survive
to pay taxes for the little guy
but you know just like me
you dont really care for those stinky people or youd be driving around
in your car with hand outs and blankets in bad weather
i dont know how to help you
but its a chance in a lifetime and you can help eachother
but once you pass the test
if you help another cheat
its like being the antichrist for that makes their challenge harder
for one more thing they can no longer think of

So cross off opening doors for peopl off your list
of selfless things but keep practicing it
because it will put you in the zone
and the example of hand outs in the winter for homeless
is a good idea but wont help you know for your right back at the selfish
excuses for what youd be doing it for

Would you go crazy to save the world to be invited to heaven?
would you forgive and forget even though you obsessed
of an injustice longer than the age of seven?
and when its finally under rug swept
until that particular time and ur reminded again and again
and u hear those songs in a new light
 its harder and ur running out of time
to discover your selfless soul
and maybe next time it wont be the same invite


Once you have discovered your selfless act upon mankind
or towards another individual
mine is to tell you of this curse
to not speak of it
for ignorance is bliss
and ohnestly i think that party would just be another hell anyway
but once you see where you did the selfless act
with no strings attached
and there is nothing owed in return

you are invited
you are
but until that day the same mistakes you keep making
is like a hard game of blind leading the blind
where some do see
who are truly trying their darndest to reach out to those
they would like to have at that party
so they wont be soo lonely
but only they have to do soo with actions and not words

do as i say not as i do
the poem i called the blind slide
never made sense to anyone but me
and ive been trying soo hard
and now its revealed right here
with your new game of leading the blind silently through action
and seemingly backwards logic

how else was i to get you to pay attention for awhile
reach out to a world for a chance to be selfless for something
when they have soo few yet soo many chances?
teach them the dance of the souls
before gabrielle led us to destruction and not say a word
but know you know till you forget
until you are reminded
its not going to be easier being selfless from here on in

but you might surprise yourself
and some of you know who you are
I'll see you there
If i can find a way to invite myself
for this love i speak of im not allowed
this curse upon us of ignorances and blisses is shifting
but then again somedays i dont care if i never make it there
other days i think selfishly id do anything to go back home
so maybe my selfless wish is to go last
just teach me the secret knock
and let me in the door
if i ever figure it out
because you will all get there before i do
this i know!

The feat of unequal measure i just took on
and how you dance differently now for me
is not an easy thing
the way my life is different from now on writing this
instead of playing charades and calling it telepathy
and lieing about everything
still adds up selfishly

you still have a chance
unfortunately its my party
my party in the sky
please be selfless when your in my home and take good care of it
and thats why doing something completely selfless is the only way
you get your invite
is due to the fact ill be there at home last in line
and my object to crave might be a surprise
but i guess we can always try again some other time



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