Barely Lyrics

You read the same book

Twice in one day

Constantly sewn up and glued

With graying thread so the spine

Won't show its age

And yet your face is warm

Like a torn out page

Covered in sunspots and wrinkles

And between them you read the lines

(Don't wear away)

You're not living

You're just surviving

Barely surviving

The stare of the hawk

You never miss a word

Oh, when I ask you the meaning

It's a jumble of feelings

While you praise the work

I don't know the story

But I've seen the rhyme

Enough to know to not underline

That the bags under those eyes

Carries the weight of the smile that lies inside

You're not living

Oh no, you're just surviving

Oh, you're not living

Barely surviving

Barely

Cause if I could

I'd give you a new book to read

Full of wonders and wisdom

And whimsical whispers of magical missions

All tied with a ribbon

Your lips give a quiver and you don't reply

Your eyes have a glisten that seems to have died

Your feet have a rhythm that seems misaligned

Your heart has an aching that's praying for life

You're not living

You're just surviving

You're not living