WHEN IT'S 12 O'CLOCK, DON'T KNOCK ON THE WALL

MARCH 1, 2025 // WHEN IT'S 12 O'CLOCK DON'T KNOCK ON THE WALL

You can’t see me through my own eyes but I don’t need you to empathize
Be young and unafraid, your time is not your age
I’m a wolf man, I’m a dog, I’ve chased that baseball through the fog
When it’s twelve o’clock, don’t knock on the wall
If the police call I can talk like a frog

Though the moon song made the tide strong
They’re gonna say they made you grow
They’re gonna make you watch the show
They’re gonna pray that you don’t know
That I’m too fast to look after for those lined up matching shirts
I don’t care how much it hurts, you’ve got to pay them what they’re worth

Your old man drove from the coast to coast
And he paid for your breakfast cuz he played like a ghost
hid out in hotels and took the lost roads
You’ll know you’ve gone solo when you know you’re alone

Where no one can reach you, you’re not here anymore
Your grandma believes you’re divided by more
people and places then have ever kept score
It’s not true what they say about wolves at the door

The white owl on a fence post ripped a hole into the veil, within earshot of a whale
Where no one checks for mail
Listen young man you’ll be orphaned, when the horse man kicks the dirt
He’ll speak seven crooked words, you’ve got to pay them what they’re worth

There’s an old face in the old days
He bought a farm and one day sold that place
I never trust a man who talks like “hold space”
Every man has a plan until he loses his face
That’s what the black dog in the road said
give me respect, or baby you’re dead  You play defense? I play revenge
That’s why when we run through the woods
I know you’re my friend

You can’t see me through my own eyes but I don’t need you to empathize
Be young and unafraid, your time is not your age