VILE DENIAL

Verses:
I knew my words were often hateful, sometimes even vile.         I didn’t know the reasons why ‘cause I was in denial.

I didn’t realize my anger covered up my grieving,
For all the losses in my life: my wife who’s slowly leaving.

I wish I’d been aware of this and maybe then not blow it,
But you can’t know what you don’t know, until at last you know it.

Chorus:
A frog will stay put in a pan with slowly rising heat.
He doesn’t know his goose is cooked until you’ve fried his feet. A cozy cage is hard to vacate, ‘least not for awhile.
You don’t get out ‘cause you don’t know you’re stuck in deep denial.

Verses:
I saw how I was acting mean, not usually my style.                    I didn’t see the reasons why ‘cause I was in denial.

I wasn’t clear my ugliness had camouflaged my grief,
For losing my dear wife to to strife from her disabling thief.

I wish I’d had more insight here and maybe then not flee it,    But you can’t see what you don’t see, until at last you see it.

Chorus:
A closed-up idling car’s exhaust can slowly hurt your head. You don’t know you’re in fatal slumber ‘til you wake up dead.   A snuggy snare is tough to leave, it doesn’t vex or rile.
You don’t get out until you see you’re stuck in deep denial.