B. Powers
I�ve been working just to make my pay
I waste away most every day
Want to go another way
But I can�t do it
We�re shorthanded at the midnight store
I�ve been sleeping with a one-night whore
Chances are I won�t get more
And I keep losing
I need a change from this life I�ve lived so long
I need a change but I can�t move on
Something holds me back from reaching it
I can see a new place
New people
A new face
The candle keeps burning so slowly
That I just want it to fall and start a fire
Money's there to regulate
I just want it to compensate
Need it there to deviate
But I keep losing
Police knocking on my door
It's not my kid, I can't give more
There's only one thing I adore
But I can't do it
Devil hasn�t got me yet
B. Powers
Why do so many glisten
To the shudders of other sorrows
Makes me wonder why
The world is turning on itself
If those so many could understand
What I'm going through
They wouldn't bother with little problems of their own
Isn�t it funny the way we think
Is it fun to watch someone die
This overreacting society
must realize
It�s just a simple event
Wish that you'd check out my friend
Just so that you'd understand
The pain that brews inside one's head
Why aren't you willing to listen
If you could carry it home right now
Trauma�s going to smack you upside your head
Just be ready for it
You only take on yourself when it�s time to come down
You think your floating but you fall to the ground
You see your wisdom�s declining and all your doing is growing up
Now I�ve seen the other side
Don�t ask me how but I know what it's like
If you want to come with me
Conquer this long journey