flowers

Young dude nauseated by his innocence
Sneakers still to ball
Socks black like the five, turn gray
His friends roam to compete
Fresh strings, moving to the image here to stay
The patterns never change
In high school, I was told I had the best fits
They were passed down
A paved road right in front
They were given out
Indecision, I was shown my defense
No shift to the rich, grown came to their senses
We were glued from the riff, long fences
Years spent in the books, told to chase this
It became what I was
Romanticized
But the feeling never came through
Yet I was trying to prove
Where I belonged, just to real 'em in
While I longed for flowers then
I was hypnotized as the flower was inhaled in

Deep breath, eyes tuned, we don't notice
Demon steps in, I can't close
Heartbeat racing, door slam shut
I hear the knocking, I stay frozen
Shadows peaking, wall through wall
They're going to find us, they're going find out
Stuck reacting, you don't ask for help
We can't OD
We just trying to take the edge off
But there's the formication
My brother felt the same way
And it always feeds forward
Shows what you need to see