fire doesn't understand red

tonight the red lights

it seemed they never stopped flashing

and they were pointed my direction

i never know what to do with that

the number of questions that i answer

does that lead to a diagnosis or

does it presume all those respond are the same

 now i know

sometimes

i catch cases that stick

there's no avoiding it

tonight was a bad night

even before i was called in

sometimes i miss the isolation

the walls that only know my name

the night walks down long halls dark and quiet

tonight i drove by the smaller places

the smaller places

i'd like to work

a couple of friends said 

they were happy to see me

and i could only think

i'd like to say goodbye again