My dad dug his foot into my back like a shovel breaking soil.
If I do enough push ups, can I put a smile on your face.
If I move the earth for you, will meteors stop me.
I carried sparklers in my hands while cannon-kisses erupted in the sky,
and my cousin swore that I'd hurt myself.
But I explained to him that history repeats itself,
and that my hurt is unavoidable.
Like the hug of a grieving grandmother,
and the staring off into space,
as her tears stain my white oxford lie.
There's no way to get out of this place.
Finding new ways to live in death.
I don't want to be cool. I don't want to be cool.
And her fingers left a ******* on my back.
And my mouth melted onto hers.
I love her until my eyes **** in sleep.
And it's deep. And it's deep.
The swirl of the ceiling sank down
like a child being drowned by his mother.
And I missed my brother, and I missed it all.
I don't want to be cool. I don't want to be cool.
No, not anymore.
Jul 8, 2014
Jul 8, 2014 at 11:49 PM UTC
My dad dug his foot into my back like a shovel breaking soil.
If I do enough push ups, can I put a smile on your face.
If I move the earth for you, will meteors stop me.
I carried sparklers in my hands while cannon-kisses erupted in the sky,
and my cousin swore that I'd hurt myself.
But I explained to him that history repeats itself,
and that my hurt is unavoidable.
Like the hug of a grieving grandmother,
and the staring off into space,
as her tears stain my white oxford lie.
There's no way to get out of this place.
Finding new ways to live in death.
I don't want to be cool. I don't want to be cool.
And her fingers left a ******* on my back.
And my mouth melted onto hers.
I love her until my eyes **** in sleep.
And it's deep. And it's deep.
The swirl of the ceiling sank down
like a child being drowned by his mother.
And I missed my brother, and I missed it all.
I don't want to be cool. I don't want to be cool.
No, not anymore.
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