Shooting for the Stars in Kevlar (feat. Iris Berry)

We run
From hot summer days
And broken air conditioners
We run
To chilled movie theatres
Make out like teenagers
Who've never had sex
Never been kissed
By tender mouths
And never cradled in the arms
Of an unconditional love

We make
Our own movies
Back in the back
Of the theatre

Laughing like there's no yesterday
Yesterdays that begged us to stay
And tried to kill us
In our sleep
Then chased us
In our waking hours
Begging for salvation
And a hall pass

We are the bright spots
In the road found in dark alleys

A pair of lives
Lived hard
Treated hard
And discarded harder
And as we
Hit the pavement skipping we forgot
That we were only playing hopscotch
To the tune of songs
Lead by a symphony
Of sirens and howling dogs

Can we believe
That we can believe in love?
After we have let so many
Put their unloving hands
Around our hearts
Souls and throats
X-friends
X-loves
X-drug habits
X-drug dealers
Still trying
To strike a better deal
With empty promises
Empty pockets
And empty souls

Leaving open wounds
Like bullets holes
As the winds blow through them
Hollow and scarred
And that sometimes
Most often are unhealable

A catalog
Of catastrophic events
Shaped our lives
And sculpted us
Into who we are

It doesn't always mean
That who we are
Can carry us
Into who we want to be...
But that doesn't mean we'll stop trying

As we dry our eyes
While no one's looking
In dark theaters
Waiting for the next
Movie to start