(birthed in the early a.m. of 10-25-04 & edited for something resembling clarity. there's a lot to work with, and there are probably more than 2 segments to it...who knows. it'll probably morph several times before i'm content with it)
(1)
scream break things/ scream break things
if i scream long enough/ and break enough things/ will you let me out?/ free me?/ numb me so i can forget or/
dumb me down so i don't notice?
can you stop me/ from dreaming?
the daily grind/ took its toll/ and it's more than i can afford
tax man's comin/ but you don't get no breaks/ this is the soul tax/ the one everyone pays/ it's the only thing/ everyone has/ and your lawyer can't find/ universal loopholes
maybe if i check myself/ into the local loony bin/ i can shake him/ i'm sure he looks there last/ there where the souls/ got twisted on the way in/ or out
snatches of reality/ caught between glimpses of other dimensions
mental illness/ has a thousand more manifestations/ than any therapist theorist quack or scientist/ could ever name
but names have power
it's not that/ we need a cop out/ road rages are/ no less insane than
schizophrenic fantasy worlds
it's that/ there's money to be made/ pills to sell/ books to pen/ seminars to lead
the roots get lost/ in the study of the magnificence/ of the foliage and/ the sweetness of the fruit/ but the roots/ are rotten
(2)
scream break things
i need help but/ don't have enough lines left/ to tell you why/ i wear invisible shackles in/ an open air prison/ and folks too blind to see the chains ask/ why can't you walk straight?
why can't you move right?
tell them to/ enhance their vision/ adjust their mental contacts/ get spiritual bifocals/ and they turn away
scream break things
what if i/ broke myself/ would you piece me together?
that's love for real.
would you know/ where my shards fit together?
that's understanding.
scream....
(c) 2004 l.a.m.
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