Burn the Light

Burn the light, burn the light, when you've got nothin left to say
Burn the light, burn the light, make this feelin go away
Everybody's starin, no one's laughin, it's okay
Burn the light, burn the light, make all of them pay

Brush my hair and wear a suit
Smile like a bandit with his loot
Plastic searchin for an ecosystem to pollute
Immortal poison sewn into the roots

8 bucks for a lowball full of tonic water and well gin
The myelin on everybody's last nerve wearin thin
Half an hour, two more drinks and I can feel the Adderall finally kicking in
Hello Holy Father, your son has come home to confess his wicked sin

I've got better things to do
Than stand here tryin to impress you
Everybody says that I should learn a thing or two
But everybody says "don't doubt what you know to be true"

Well, if I don't know myself by now
Probably gonna make some kinda fool of myself somehow
The buzzin in my brain, more blue and bittersweet than tequila and curacao
So I try to fold myself into the smallest shape my body will allow

I don't know why I am always the punchline of the joke
I take no joy in standing outside while all of you smoke
Overwhelmed by all the noise, I don't want to stay
In a place where I'm not welcome anyway

Got my lucky Slipknot tee hidden under my Van Heusen shirt
All the quinine in the world can't steal the sweetness from our just deserts
Call the cops and call the medic, someone prep the anesthetic, cuz I know it's gonna hurt
Eventually our destinies all bid us to revert to ash and dirt