Mindblooms Teenage train rides Double triple lives Speeding to ninth Everything has a price Had to come up, bake up back ups Had to learn to burn, to fight Fight for myself Tipped my hat and fell off the highest shelf Caught a ride in the rain Got crazy enough to change Heard a song in seashell Some kind of sounds that words couldn’t tell But now I wish at every well Like I’m ringing OZ’s bell
They weren’t listening so we started spinning Getting dizzy and ditzy Dizzy till we forgot how to feel How to feel real Maroon and teal Learning to deal Skins peel Lines reel Tire marks, static and steel Aluminum ultimatums That’s all they gave us Sundried roses in our manic hands Left the thorns in the past Sunk in the tar, we take it too far
Learned what it meant to be well Learned so much I couldn’t tell Thickened my skin and drilled holes in my belt Torn, tarred and feathered Hollow, and constantly followed but it’s getting better Ultimatums, all they gave us Bugs buzz all around Can hardly hear through the sound
Like a bull in the ring, sacrificing Begging me, baiting me to chase Eventually we all cave Strange summer days Suntans and tshirt stains Friends, fiends and strays Facing the change, taking the pain Living like its our last day Homesick bathtub bubbles in my face
Smiles and waves Extra cheese and cages Can’t be complacent Spinning till we draw something that stays Toungue tied telephone games So many merry unbirthdays Fashionably late they’re saying “Places! Places” Musical chairs and ferriswheels
Counting our feathers like sand slipping through our hands But it is us that’s sinking so fast Right up to our last gasp Never lose your grasp of that boot or branch Never lose your drive Stay busy if find yourself in the hive Whips will sting but stay sweet, stay kind Mind your q’s and p’s Mind blooms you’ll see
Rushing now with the flow Oh it goes, it grows, it spits you out right in the throws But on goes the show “This is it. It’s all happening.” She says to me Butterflies and bumblebees Plant your bulbs in the autumn To see them bloom in Spring