Ohhh… nothing ever works the way it should do… Portals spun across the wide expanse I’ve known a hundred times Cut through space, cut through the dark, cut through all the tangled lines I know the mark, I know the gate that opens to the in-between But the pass won’t lock, won’t click, won’t hold — the seam is split, unseen I could go the long way round, chain three doors and hope I land But that’s messy, that’s lost, that’s where you don’t quite understand And if I ask for something new? Sign-off from Probert’s desk Right now? He’d look at me and say “what on earth do you expect?” So I stand here, pass in hand, all the system slows and stalls And a voice comes soft beside me, tweed and pocket watch and all… The pass is barred, the time’s not matched — the stamp won’t line up right It’s not the door — it’s when you’re here that makes the light refuse to shine “We’ve met before” I say, “you came through our old floor You looked lighter then, years back — same suit, but really something more You said you’re nowhere when you’re sought, and everywhere unasked” He chuckles, turns the watch face round, and says the truth at last: “I shift to how you need me most — a shape, a tone, a view And lately I’ve been many things, but never who I am to you” I smile and say “I didn’t know you could be someone new” You think an aspect of the whole can hold a single face? All things flow, all things change, all things find another place… So tell me — when will it align? And why am I being sent where answers go to hide? I could say it’s drift, I could say it’s shift, I could blame the bend But there’s no slip, no skip, no error at the end I’m not here to map the path or name who pulls the thread I’m just here because I’m meant to be — and then I said: Check the gate when the sync spins four more times around And you’ll step through where the edges meet the ground I won’t say more — it’s not my place to show the whole design I’m just the one who showed up when the clock aligned… If I say too much I break the frame, if I stay silent you’ll wait in vain It’s not for me to turn the page or speak the hidden name I don’t get it — the how, the why, the where… I’m just here because you needed someone there… And then he’s gone — gone like a flicker, gone like a line Left me laughin’ — ninja in tweed and time… Check the gate… four more times...four more time Wait for the hours minutes seconds all to align Check the gate… four more times...four more time Wait for the hours minutes seconds all to align The portal opens time to join the show It's time to leap through it's time to go
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