i heard a bone snap
when i was only about nine
the laws of gravitation
were in abeyance a while
but not long
before they taught me a lesson
in tough skin jeans like a japanese hessian
i was 70 pounds, learning to fly
i knew i couldn't do it if i didn't try
we called it the "field" where we used to hang out
a field of alfalfa behind the back of our house
with a slice of an old oak tree
and a 12 ft. plank
put the board on top
we got flying machine
oh my god we could teeter on this
or make lever that could shoot me into orbital s***e
i'd seen the circus
and i saw how they do it
with bent knees
you got to jump like you would from a trampoline.
we got out the ladder
and the heaviest kid
he would climb up top
and count down like
a rocket ship
to fire me up
he'd get to t-minus zero
before he'd jump
and i was shot high in a vertical catapult
straight up and down
i remember the view from overtop of the house
-gravity seems weak until you look down
i got in position
i had impeccable form
if the judges were present
they'd be holding up score cards
with 9's and 10's
unless i lose a couple points
for the landing i did
i heard a loud snap but it didn't hurt
i looked at the neighborhood
it looked like earth
but everybody's acting weird are they out of meds?
eating a peanut b***er sandwich in a hospital bed
i started noticing
strange phenomenon
is this planet the same one that i been on?
everybody's bizarre and irrational
even nurses on the clock seem a bit off
strange phenomenon
everybody's deranged and i wonder what
happened the day that i fell from the sky
if nobody changed
then it must've been my mind.
when i was only about nine
the laws of gravitation
were in abeyance a while
but not long
before they taught me a lesson
in tough skin jeans like a japanese hessian
i was 70 pounds, learning to fly
i knew i couldn't do it if i didn't try
we called it the "field" where we used to hang out
a field of alfalfa behind the back of our house
with a slice of an old oak tree
and a 12 ft. plank
put the board on top
we got flying machine
oh my god we could teeter on this
or make lever that could shoot me into orbital s***e
i'd seen the circus
and i saw how they do it
with bent knees
you got to jump like you would from a trampoline.
we got out the ladder
and the heaviest kid
he would climb up top
and count down like
a rocket ship
to fire me up
he'd get to t-minus zero
before he'd jump
and i was shot high in a vertical catapult
straight up and down
i remember the view from overtop of the house
-gravity seems weak until you look down
i got in position
i had impeccable form
if the judges were present
they'd be holding up score cards
with 9's and 10's
unless i lose a couple points
for the landing i did
i heard a loud snap but it didn't hurt
i looked at the neighborhood
it looked like earth
but everybody's acting weird are they out of meds?
eating a peanut b***er sandwich in a hospital bed
i started noticing
strange phenomenon
is this planet the same one that i been on?
everybody's bizarre and irrational
even nurses on the clock seem a bit off
strange phenomenon
everybody's deranged and i wonder what
happened the day that i fell from the sky
if nobody changed
then it must've been my mind.