Midnight below the tree The loneliness of hide and seek And I have counted down and uncupped my eyes And I have memorized every place my friends could hide Listen for the heartbeat, the breath The whisper and the broken branch Midnight in theater B I calm myself and follow my feet And I kick this empty can down the road It's useless to fight against The earth's cruel slope And they're listening to the echo The clang, the clamor of a broken man Reach for me Even as I run away I will dodge and feint It's just how the game is played Now I know where you hide when You're caught in an awkward lie Blame it on some change in me And elevate yourself with fortune cookie speak But the camouflage is incomplete I see you but you don't see me Reach for me Even as I run away I will dodge and feint It's just how the game is played Did I drop my guard to something terrible A black hole in a lab summoned like the devil To corrupt me Or am I just slippery Will you reach for me Even as I run away I've been losing sleep Keeping up this pace Will you reach for me Even as I run away I will dodge and feint It's just how the game is played