Strung Out String Theories: Episode V - sudo killall pain by Lost In The Sauce published on 2023-01-14T19:24:51Z # I. I'm picking the lock and coming through the door blasting Fuck forced intermittent fasting Past embalming slowly, for the time I'm only interested in what I can't believe The opioid abusive relationship is what does deceive # II The hope annoyed the fuck out of me, and I think I've taken it To the extreme, but somebody's gotta be saying it- -Is what the doctor ordered every time, was taken as prescribed Aside from Saturdays with tattered faces, left alone to die # III I will, I won't, I said I'd try To play it safe just to survive Nuclear winter in my mind And I'm not dressed in the right kind # IV Of body bag to stay safe from the cold To purge the new and keep the old To fight to urge I have to scold Myself for mistakes I've let flow # V In all these episodic bouts That I can't go a day without A manic maniac in pain In brain that's constantly in doubt # VI Monsoon or it's a drought Buried alive, maybe I'll sprout Found the answers all blacked out Maybe I'll find another route # VII But I chase clout and pout in front of microphones then shout into the ether of my own creation Searching for sedation # VIII Pacing back and forth as we approach Slam poetry beyond reproach I wrote the wrongs and spoke the quotes Caught the bus but forgot my coat # IX Got off and got onto the dope Got clean and shot a bag of hope Went broke and smoked a pound of cure Then stumbled onto stage unsure # X As shit not living in this nightmare I'm all out of fight Where am I left to go when I'm alone and I can't sleep at night # XI Who am I left to emulate when all I want is to be scraped off of the concrete and the metal plates that litter the front gate of my apartment Genre Folk & Singer-Songwriter