gotta

gotta get a new set of headphones

to make sure that I 

stay all alone

too many freaks tryin’

to stare me down

too much fear

too many faces

there ain’t no love

there ain’t no grace

a new set of headphones

gonna turn them up loud

gonna buy some shades

to hide my brow

trains in jersey

planes in cali

if I cant hear the noise

I might miss the faces

scares, tears and other races

er’body got their headphones

the music is stifling

but not quite loud enough

you’re too sway

I’m too gait

liberals leaning over backwards

fending off the advances of 

tea and parties

reform and finance

rhetoric and harassment

turn up the volume

I can still hear myself think