Concrete Creatures

Lock me in a box
With no lights
For the night
Trying my best but this isn't where I wanna be
Smiley bullshit
Trying not to get hit
Tryna play it cool, figuring out how to fit in
Poisoning myself with every drink
(To buy a personality)

A collision
Of chemicals and anxiety
Get me out of this place

There's too much concrete for me
Too many faces to see
Too many names to remember
And I can't even breathe

Everyone I know
Is trying so damn hard to glow
When it's worst rays they radiate instead
(Making their way under my skin)
Dilated eyes
Shiny white teeth
Screaming barely
A centimeter from me
I'll pretend I heard a word of what you said
(My ears are ringing)

Losing all vision
Of any hope in this place
Why do I keep coming back?

There's too much concrete for me
Too many faces to see
Too many names to remember
When I can't even hear
Myself think
Let alone you speaking
I need some serenity

Everything I hate means nothing
When I see
That beam of light
Bounce of your cheek
I get distracted
Don't even know what I'm after
There's no one there
You were only a distant dream
Reality's a nightmare
Maybe it's my anxiety

There's too much concrete for me
Too many faces to see
Too many names to remember
When I can't even hear
Myself think
Let alone you speaking
I need some serenity

I need serenity