I’ve got a name I’ve started hating, but questionably
I spell it out for you and watch the pen bleed
Such a terrifying creature has been turned into me
And taken all that I have— all of my honor, at least
Right now, what kind of creature am I seeming of?
You say “a demon”, huh? I knew you would, but…
Please don’t throw those apples at me, I’ll let
You and me Lock Up Lock Up
You tell me “turn around, let me get a look at your face”
Because an ugly one hasn’t much to make
…And not a smile or a saying that can save me, right?
Because the second I run, you’ll see a monster try
It’s not as though I didn’t think to try at all, you know— see, I’ve lied awake every night so
I could end the nightmares laid in front of me, I’ve just never found a way
(ticking ticking ticking)
(ticking ticking ticking)
(ticking ticking ticking ticking ticking)
Everybody’s gone and screaming “save us from the…”
(ticking ticking ticking)
…my Wrangler off, pain along, let them rot-ta-tara-tat
But deep inside, it won’t go. This awful…
(ticking ticking ticking) Taste
Dragging my tail like your decoration, thus, is
They’ve made you hate the world, although… don’t give up just yet, Samsa
(ticking ticking ticking ticking)
(ticking ticking ticking ticking)
“I’m so ashamed I wasn’t born the way you truly wanted me to be”, I truly try to convey
As such a shell of a human that’s hoping, today,
That you see just how every part of me has grayed
…But you just smile and pretend like there isn’t a problem
Makes sense… that we couldn’t fight on mine, I guess— since you’ve certainly got some
(ticking ticking ticking)
(ticking ticking ticking)
Those dreams were mine! Don’t eat them up! Stop all your…
(ticking ticking ticking)
…The tempo of venting songs, slowly wrought-ta-tara-tat
Don’t think you’d mind if I succumbed to such a…
(ticking ticking ticking) Taste
Surely you’d say to “suck it up” and “write a tune” to
Hey… One and two and three, to freedom,
Kick your way out of their kingdom,
As the author gets to the ending where they die— your dreams—
If you leave just before it, I bet
That your future won’t be words for us to read
Everybody’s gone and screaming “save us from the…”
(ticking ticking ticking)
…my Wrangler off, pain along, let them rot-ta-tara-tat
But deep inside, it won’t go. This awful…
(ticking ticking ticking) Taste
Biting into your apple, thus, is
I steel my mind to stay in dark forever, for the person who…
…Poisons me hasn’t fringe, is no iris, but you
And now a light comes pointing towards one o’ clock to pull me through
Dragging my tail out of obligation, thus, is
I know that they’ve made you hate the world, although… don’t give up just yet, Samsa
(ticking ticking ticking ticking)
(ticking ticking ticking ticking)
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