Lawrence Arms Detention Lyrics:
baseball bats and salivating mouths in a square
room, doors pocked. once again i'm alone insie a
crowd, a misplaced throw, a misplaced swing and
everything unfolds. a microcosm of humanity, a
microcosm of cold ... the waves wash over another.
anxiety, proximity erupting from the chemistry of
testosterone, isolated until the first fists fly.
instincts pushed to breaking points, surging
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bodies, snapping joints. two shoes lost inside a
fray, two socks on laminated hardwood. 360 degrees
into harms way. a length of lead grazed the side
of my head. as others fall and others leave and
others how their vampire teeth. two chunks from my
neck, four lips that drip with skin, socks that
slide as the blood runs down my neck or over two
strange chins. there is no way out of detention.
rage pushed a doorway down. fear carried me past
the last contusions hurled at bodies on the
ground. dizzy terrified awake in sweaty skin,
"mom, i'm never going back to school again."
Lyrics: Detention, Lawrence Arms [end]