talkin' bout my generation

[lynns_username]

Getting high

Conversing over lunch with my two close friends
How many drugs did you take this weekend?
Dude, I’ve been smoking and drinking since 7th grade

I used to wonder what exactly it felt like to be high
Does your heart beat faster?
Does it take you somewhere far away?
Does everything go away?
Does it ease all the troubles and heartache?

I had a bad day today
Crazy thoughts running through my head
How can I be so callous one minute?
And so overloaded with feeling the next

Singing for the rest of the afternoon
That’s what I looked forward to all day

Ran to gospel choir as fast as I could
Everything came out of me
Even when singing a small repetitive tune

My heart was beating faster and faster
Suddenly I was somewhere else
Somewhere beautiful and peaceful
Everything seemed to go away
My troubles and heartache had vanished
As my lungs were expanding and contracting
Singing harder and stronger
Feeling nothing but rhythm

What have I been wondering about all this time
I have both of you silly girls beaten

I’ve been getting high since birth.