p://www.imeem.com/columbia550/music/jzIIMYdz/maxwell-playing-possum/">Playing Possum - Maxwell

If only time was reversible
words able to be rewound and
recorded over in real-time
no matter how many times it took
to get it perfectly in tune
to what your heart needed to hear
to start to sing along with the song
of forever that plays in my breaths
and devotion leaving imprints in destiny
with every one of my footsteps

If only you believed in
forgive and forget

If only the future could be the past
so the present wasn't unknown
we'd know both from where and how'd we grown
what was to come of the seeds sown
so not to worry of what was to come
for fruits - we already have some

If only you believed in
mercy being bestowed - and then
the blessings to come

If only you remembered who I have to be
instead of always arguing with the
vehicle to the victory of my fight with me
than through my trials you'd discern
the self-portrait of my nature more clearly
illuminated by the glow of loyalty
framed delicately in a methodology to the mystery
built special for not just anyone to see

If only you believed in
divine intervention giving birth
to destiny