by Brittany Rose

Created on: October 06, 2008

There are so many variables

This has become so completely unpredictable

The inconsistency could drive me mad

But it's taking me somewhere else

Somewhere I am not used to going

A winding road of ups and downs

Where nothing is certain

Everything is erratic, uneven, ever-changing

But this is the way the world spins, isn't it?

You've slammed a door in my face

Left me stunned and breathless

Feeling somehow comfortably numb

But still uneasy, not completely placid

Questions continue to encircle my head

But they are slowing, calming

Not falling into place

But falling somewhere into space

And this is the way the world spins, isn't it?

I seem to have all the pieces scattered amongst me

I don't know which goes where

I am still trying to put this puzzle together

There are so many variables

This has become so completely unpredictable

But there should be only one ending result

Or at least that's what they tell me

Isn't that the way it's supposed to be?

Because this is the way the world spins, isn't it?

Where did you come from?

And why are you here?

You caught me in the midst of my wandering

I was searching for something

But now I've forgotten what it was

This has become so completely unpredictable

The inconsistency could drive me mad

And you give me no relief

But this is the way the world spins, isn't it?

Were you really able to see through me so soon?

Could you see right through the science of my eyes?

I haven't felt this close to anyone

Yet at the same time, so far apart

And now you're taking me somewhere else

Somewhere I am not used to going

A winding road of ups and downs

Where I've come to find that relief is only temporary

And this is the way the world spins, isn't it?

Nothing is certain

Everything is erratic, uneven, ever-changing

Should I run away?

Should I guard my heart?

Will I ever find the consistency I've been looking for?

Because I still feel like a piece of this puzzle is missing

So close, yet so far apart

And I don't know what will fill the space in between

Because this is the way the world spins, isn't it?

I'm trying to knock down this door you've slammed in my face

The effort is leaving me stunned and breathless

Makes me want to sink down onto the floor

Feeling somehow comfortably numb

Is this the art of giving up?

Is anything worth fighting for?

That question leaves me uneasy

The thought could never make me placid

But this is the way the world spins, isn't it?

These questions will never leave my head

Should I stay or should I go?

Am I running circles around you?

If so, I know I'm slowing, calming

Nothing is falling into place

It's all falling somewhere into space

Will I ever find the answers I've been looking for?

You caught me in the midst of my wandering

And this is the way the world spins, isn't it?

I was searching for something

But now I've forgotten what it was

Is this the art of giving up?

Or am I solely giving in?

I don't want to stay but I don't want to go

You're slowing me down, calming me down

But something tells me I should guard my heart

Will we forever be this close, yet still so far apart?

I don't know, nothing is certain

Because this is the way the world spins, isn't it?

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