I think I'm insane
I think I'm insane
when I hear the whispering
of hushed voices behind walls that aren't there
when i look down at my skin
and pick at every tear
I think I'm inSANE
when I scribbbble like a manic
And I scream and I scream
but there's no real reason to panic
I THink I ' m insane
when i stole a wallet, a phone
and I didn't need it at all
and then I ran from home
I thiNk I'm INsAne
when i simply kept running
and sprinting and weaving and screaming some more
and I got thorns in my feet, but fleetly. Kept running
I THINK IM INSANE
WHEN I HEAR THE BIRDS INSIDE
THEY'RE NOT REAL, NO I KNOW THIS
but I won't say. I can hear them. I've got too much pride
Ithinki'minsane
when the voices keep mumbling
and I'm STRAINING TO LISTEN
but there' nothing but rumbling
iTHINK I m insAne
when there has to be five
not four, not eighteen, not three-point-five meters
ThereHAS to be five.
I. Think. I'm insane.
because of all the repetition
repetition repetition repetition repetition repetition
There has to be five, repetition
I thinki '. Mm inasne
because I get WEIRD looks
because I rock BACK AND FORTH IN REPETITION
Because I know that's all It took
to make me insane
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