We drove bleached
Dumb and out of school
Heavily medicated
On high doses of lithium
And teenage spirit
Feeding and breeding
Our love buzz
On sticks of pennyroyal tea
We were negative creeps in bloom
Going to the muddy banks
Of the Wishkah River
You sat in the driver seat
Chewing on pen caps
Trying for an aneurysm
I sat in the passenger seat
Sifting through tourettes
And picking at paper cuts
That endless, nameless summer
We both reached for nirvana
To place in our heart shaped box
Mar 6, 2012
Mar 6, 2012 at 8:14 PM UTC
We drove bleached
Dumb and out of school
Heavily medicated
On high doses of lithium
And teenage spirit
Feeding and breeding
Our love buzz
On sticks of pennyroyal tea
We were negative creeps in bloom
Going to the muddy banks
Of the Wishkah River
You sat in the driver seat
Chewing on pen caps
Trying for an aneurysm
I sat in the passenger seat
Sifting through tourettes
And picking at paper cuts
That endless, nameless summer
We both reached for nirvana
To place in our heart shaped box
About a girl
(my wife)
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