White Masks (No Big Deal Version) (Spoken Poem)

Lyrics:

White Masks

Help me father I’m having bad dreams
All my dead friends are gathered around a fire
And they are all wearing white masks
Every time I wake up I feel the results are perspire
Can you help me determine what I should be
What have I done to deserve to be haunted
Is there anything I can do to make it alright
Please answer quick I don’t want to be taunted
Their faceless forms continue to flash before me
And I’d like to flee and be free of their exposure
Is it too much to want a quiet night
I don’t believe but can you give me some closure

Daughter, I’ve thought about giving this up
But by your long sleeves I’d like to understand
What is in your mind and all your dreams
When did they all start and were they planned
What kind of accident befell all your friends
Or was it something intentional you managed to avoid
I can’t see you clearly, turn on the light or up the color
I promise I will try to read your dreams like Freud
Why do the young have to endure this much
And the old cannot remember how it had been
When the aches were less physical
and you couldn’t just take everything on the chin

Father, I hate that I’ve lost all my memory
But everything I’ve known is covered by masks
I’m sorry that you’ve lost your mandated faith
But I’m so frozen I can’t complete any of my tasks
You mentioned my arms but I don’t feel them
The space between the door and I appears infinity
And the galaxies between us are bouncing irregularly
In the future will we ever be in the same vicinity
Are we destined to have this thin wall in between us
At the end of the night I hope I again see daylight
Because right now I feel like I’m disappearing
But when I look in the mirror my face is covered in white