A message for Almost Michael Phelps
I'm afraid of the heart that shakes in my chest
It beats out of tune and it makes me a mess
I wonder what on earth is happening to me
what pea in the mattress is worrying me
I'm a woman, I say yet still tremble in fear
I can handle my feelings just don't come too near
The caged up blood organ that hops to get free
will jump for escape, make a fool out of me
I think you know why I must hide it this way
Do I run for no reason? Do you think I should stay?
Can you feel the boat rocking as I open my ribs
The air ain't as easy as when we were kids
I long to allow you the strings to control
The people in Loveland hear the warning bells toll
"A boy has eloped on our happy mindset!
He's knocking down buildings and you know what, I bet
He has not even noticed the homes that he's wrecked
We've covered the ruin in mind tarps but yet
we know that we may not live to regret
the day that a man blocked our happy sunset"
I mourn for the folks down in Loveland, oh my
For their dream it may never come true
To see me happy
I'm allowed to be me
Not myself? I would much rather die
The people in that city fair
are blinded by their lovelaced hair
they see the hard road crookedly
I"m afraid love isn't what they think it to be
The way is unclear
the lamplight is dim
and the people that travel there are taken to sin
Sins of a most disagreeable breed
The highwaymen of love are in the business of greed
They take what they want and leave you for life
Your you head off and spinning, your heart full of strife
And the energy you used up trying to please
is all gone when you need it and now you're on your knees, crying
"A boy has eloped on our happy mindset!
He's knocking down buildings and you know what, I bet
He has not even noticed the homes that he's wrecked
We've covered the ruin in mind tarps but yet
we know that we may not live to regret
the day that a man blocked our happy sunset"