Still Open from Still Open by Phil Maye

Walk around nothing to do
Might stroll my favourite avenue
Nothing's changed yeah nothing's new
Just emptiness ahead of you
Suns and dreams you thought were known
Were never seen were never shown
Talk about what we're gonna do
in 2022

Look around
We're still open
Who'd you think
You were joking?

I've gotta see for myself is it over now
Can you touch me?
I've gotta feel for myself is it over now?
I fear for my mental health
Can you hold me now
Will you judge me?
You don't believe we're in hell?
Well just look around

Walk around this fucking zoo
Of lives for sale and homes unglued
God forbid you'd ever make a move
That made an inch of sense or two
Fallacies and exposed bone
A sea of keys we'll never own
My godson's eyes like morning dew
A sight I never knew

How do you live in a day
That's all tomorrow?
Will I remember the words to say?
How do you pay for a future
That you've borrowed?
Hands bound too tightly to pray

Look around
We're still open
Who'd you think
You were joking?

I've gotta see for myself is it over now
Can you touch me?
I've gotta feel for myself is it over now?
I fear for my mental health
Can you hold me now
Will you judge me?
You don't believe we're in hell?
Well just look around

• Experimental
• Toronto