The Bored - Faces

I see people all around me, everywhere that I go
I'll go blind If I stare too long
I've been running with a crowd that's rather out of control
But my friends have come and gone
Knew a girl named Blue with a real pretty smile till the drugs took hold of her
Last time I saw her, she was lying on the carpet, told me "life is such a blur"

And I said "baby won't you take me to the top?"
I wanna see it all
I wanna see everyone
Baby won't you take me to the top?
I wanna see the faces
Some familiar faces

There was a woman named Jolene
Used to treat me like a son even though I was a dope fiend
Gave me Xanax and codeine
Help with the come downs
And never told me I was bad or tried to control me
Cooked me dinner when I didn't have a home
Took me to her house and to find me hand-me-down clothes
Pick me up when I was walking country roads
When the police asked about me she would tell em "I dunno"
But when she'd come home to her husband at night
He'd beat her up and shove her down, she'd play it off like she's fine
I asked her what his problem was, she'd brush it off every time
Then I found out she was fuckin with the dope dealer down the road and buying drugs on her old man's dime

And I said "baby won't you take me to the top?"
I wanna see it all
I wanna see everyone
Baby won't you take me to the top?
I wanna see the faces
Some familiar faces

The world spins so fast I can't keep track of the signs
Once I think I've got em down the words just seem to slip my mind
But the images that haunt me, unforgettable, imperfect forms
They wait outside my door
Can't face them anymore

Guess I nodded out with a cigarette lit
Got burns in my pants, I'm in need of a fix
Check the mirror one time, know I'm looking like shit
At this point I'm lucky to still even exist
Go and hit the bathroom get a drink of water
Pupils looking like some flying saucers
Why I'm living this way? And if I can stop it
Could I look at myself without feeling nauseous?
Well maybe if I had taken some advice
I'd be fine right now not flying off the handle make em thinking that I lost my mind
An older woman gazed at me with a sigh
Said she'd never seen someone so empty, couldn't seem to find a soul behind my eyes

And I said "I don't think I like it at the top"
Don't care to see at all
Don't care to see anyone
I don't wanna be up at the top
Don't wanna see the faces
I've seen too many faces

Written by:
Lucas Pendergrass

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