The Sandbox Lyrics

Set down a smile and a five

Claimed she came out here for a drive

Asked for a quick pick, said keep the change

Wrote down her number

Fell silent in an awkward exchange

Clearly, she was out of his league

With apprehension, turned the key

Aimed 90 minutes to city lights

Fearful excitement

Heart in throat soaring to urban heights

He wants to try to pick the locks

To breach the frame his safe sandbox

Roll the ivories, toss the tomb stones

Cross the desert to parts unknown

The siren smile, it fogged his head

It took his breath and made his bed

He crawled out from his house of rocks

Not to return to his sandbox

Rechecked the address, this seemed wrong

Said to himself I won't stay long

Nervous excitement he closed his door

Ignored foreboding

Stepped from his car to his nevermore

His whereabouts were unbeknown

Just one call to a burner phone

Family had lost hope, the store was sold

Buffered existence

Vanished with a case that has gone cold

If nothing tried, then nothing gained

The past was bland, the here remained

Thought he saw chrome while pulling straw

The cause of chance, the chance of cause

There was a call, they heard a voice

I am okay, this was my choice

This may sound like a paradox

Just one way out of his sandbox