you're breathing in, your chest expanding and i can see the hymn on the tremble of your lips your eyes are searching mine in a frenzy and i know you saw cinnamon turn into hurricanes so you're quiet again and i'm relieved and you're protected and i'm free yesterday you'd wonder if i could feel the butterflies in my stomach- well, honey, next week when i'm in tennessee i'll wonder if you can still feel the acid burning in your throat we were never smart about this- i flip and you garble you sip and i swallow we weren't made for tomorrow and i'll be battling morals while my lips press to jack's, watching you watch me and wondering if it will be evan next or ezra or- oh, who gives a ****, i won't remember their names it's sick, maybe, but the greatest lesson of barrel and sky is this won't hurt if you numb it