The beginning of the end.
Im dehydrated with nothing but sand around.
Dont know what the plan is now.
Sunburn on my hands and mouth.
Business suit looks like hand me downs.
I guess im gonna stand my ground,
...dying for the chance to drown.
Ran out of water two days ago.
Dont know which way to go.
No compass or no radio.
No rain or snow, just wind and a hazy glow.
Starving, dreaming of canned food.
Roaming up and down these sand dunes.
I might as well be lost on the damn moon.
And now im so exhausted that i cant move.
How did I get here?
Came to egypt on a business trip,
Pack of camle cigarettes.
I'm our representative,
What our principle and interest is,
What do our incentives give?
Was told all deals are tentative.
Before the meeting at 8 o'clock,
I decided to take a walk.
Mind wrapped up in the way I'd talk,
Nervous; It was my job to make the call.
Went over the opening in my head,
Focusing on this test, hoping to do my best.
Had a smoke to relieve the stress.
And now i can't remember how long it was,
But by the time i turned around and saw the dust,
A roaring sand storm, amazingly swift,
Had left my foot steps blown away by the wind.
Contemplation begins, on the situation im in,
If i do a 180 and spin, i'll be back to the way I came in.
But after 6 or 7 dunes seeing nothing but sand,
I took a long look at this water bottle clutched in my hand.
My Journey
The thing about sand you learn at the beach is,
Normally it feels good but it hurts when its heated.
I also learned when I need it...
I dont get any cell phone service in egypt.
Yesterday i thought i found a watering hole,
Turned out to be sand, a mirage I suppose.
Why did this happen to me? God only knows,
But I am lost with no road, forgot and alone.
At first I had a pocket of hope, they'd send a search party,
Disperse armies, turns out that was absurd, sorry.
Here I lie
I collapsed at the foot of a dune,
Looking at doom, right now this desert looks like a tomb.
Praying to god, wondering what good it would do.
Wish I had the energy it took me to move.
You arrive at a moment of clarity... expand.
That was when it struck me clear as day,
In the realest way, no longer would I feel the pain.
God had seperate plans for me, a destined fantasy.
A martyr to give the rest a chance to see,
How humans need to cherish their friends and family.
Regretted ever being uptight or unnice.
Shed a tear over thug life and gun fights.
I stared directly at the sun light...
Wrote with my finger in the sand "Love Life"
Smiled at the simplicity, a quote I'd say to my friends,
Survived just long enough to see it blown away by the wind.
Surrender to the sun