I’m taking the long way home

I’m going to trust that this time spent was necessary

That I needed to become myself in order to move on

That I needed to find myself to have the courage to leave

That I needed to find myself to find the right person for me

Why would I strip the humanity from myself to work late

What is the money for if I’ve lost myself

Without my time I’m nothing

So let me sell a part but no more

Let me keep what’s left

Let me cherish it

I can’t give even that away to the big man

Men who sigh and stomp and complain

Men who don’t know themselves

Men who’ve forgotten what life feels like