Fade Out

I'm still a nice guy
But not that kind
A founding father of a family
And the fortune we’ll soon find

I’ve learned just how much alma matters
While rebuilding all the shatters
Learned to understand my new homeland
Regain the touch in my right hand

A summer solstice smile
Won’t be zipped up in a file
Lost in time
A changing face that’s seen the stars align

I ended everything I knew
To be a lie
I broke the molds and cast a line out
Fished through schools of students strung out
Freeing my friends from the tool and die

I fought to falsify the prophets
Who signed to live in an office
Tracking other people’s spending
While seldom ever lending

The insight or true value
That I found right in the mirror
Unashamed
With poise and power
I’ll proudly Fade away