In the Blind Spot

Jean-Paul VERNERET

10/4/2024

 

​We loved within the blind spot’s haze

Where nobody would ever look

Patching the chords of better days

With silences the rhythm took

Your dreams were in the window pane

My doubts were on a building site

We faked the faith to ease the strain

To keep from falling out of sight

 

​[Bridge]

We loved within the blind spot’s fold

Perhaps that was our great mistake

Inventing scenes as we grew cold

With hearts that neither one could take

 

​[Chorus]

We read between the lines so well

But never said what mattered most

With ink so thin, a tale to tell

On paper fragile as a ghost

 

We knew the storms and every gale

But not the way to make them cease

We wore the mirage like a veil

Too proud to ask for our release

 

​[Verse]

We traded every promise made

For rumors whispered in the hall

To hide the debts we never paid

Behind a varnish, thin and small

You watched the clock with steady gaze

Like waiting for a jail release

While I, within my cell of haze

Just counted silences for peace

 

​[Bridge]

We loved within the blind spot’s fold

Perhaps that was our great mistake

Inventing scenes as we grew cold

With hearts that neither one could take

 

​[Chorus]

We read between the lines so well

But never said what mattered most

With ink so thin, a tale to tell

On paper fragile as a ghost

 

We knew the storms and every gale

But not the way to make them cease

We wore the mirage like a veil

Too proud to ask for our release

 

​[Outro]

We loved within the blind spot’s glare

But soon the light began to break

We weren’t the strongest ones out there

Too late to fix the old mistake

 

​We loved within the blind spot’s glare

But soon the light began to break

We weren’t the strongest ones out there

Just hearts that we could never tune