“When I’m Quiet”
(Lyrical)
I wish I could greet people
Y’know, say hi to my friends
Wish I could tell someone
Their hair looks nice today
I hope you don’t think I’m rude
When I fail to get words
To continue flowing
I swear, I want to talk
I want to get to know you
I just don’t know how to start
But then I lack air in my lungs
Stomach dropping like a bomb
My throat tightened by a boa
The Sahara Desert taking over
My thoughts scramble everywhere
Until next thing I know
Something happened
Or nothing happened
And I regret it
People ask me questions
About what I like or who
But before I can answer
My fear of disappointing
And of humiliation
Take over and shut me up
Only mumbling vague facts
And when I do let something
Slip out my mouth I freeze
Wondering if it was wrong
But then I lack air in my lungs
Stomach dropping like a bomb
My throat tightened by a boa
The Sahara Desert taking over
My thoughts scramble everywhere
Until next thing I know
Something happened
Or nothing happened
And I regret it
After every conversation
Has been tossed into the air
The gears in my mind start
Looking for any phrases
That might have been offensive
Or weird or funny but
The funny is not with me
It is at me, my mind screams.
So either I did something
And I’m an idiot,
Or I didn’t do anything
And I’m a coward.
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