what if i stutter
what if i fall
what if i discover
that i'm up against a wall?

so strong at the begining
so sure of every move
so perfectly in control
impervious to love

what if i stutter 
what if i fall
what if i discover
that i'm up against a wall?

faults hidden so carefully
tucked away inside
thoughts guarded pointedly
inside the mind do hide

what if i stutter
what if i fall
what if i discover 
that i'm up against a wall?

stuck within a tireless race
against this present line
struggling to destroy the self
away the soul to pine

what if i stutter
what if i fall
what if i discover
that i'm up against a wall?

only so many turns to make
short time left on the scale
mission hangs precariously
balanced on a rail

what if i stutter
what if i fall
what if i discover
that i'm up against a wall?

everything collapses
all those careful plans
the world around it changes
torn away by careless hands

what if i stutter
what if i fall
what if i discover
that i'm up against a wall?

small one left to help the soul
clings on though pushed away
sees things that no youth should see
until their dying day

then i find i stutter
then i feel i fall
then i do discover
i am up against a wall.

desparation eekes on in
last minutes they tick by
but somehow by ironic grace
blindly out it cries

i have already stuttered
i find that i did fall
i have faintly discovered
i am up against a wall.

nothing left to plan for
all careful schemes have died
repetitive darkness closes
across those who have lied

i am caught in a stutter
i am picked up from my fall
i now plainly discover
i am proped against a wall.

and now for starting over
'tis time for moving on 
and though it is unknow to where
it is no time to run

i will overcome this stutter
i will get up from next fall
i accept that i discover
that i rather need this wall.

what if i stutter
then i feel i fall
i have faintly discovered
i am propped against a wall...
...i accept that i discover
that i rather need this wall.