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