Skin peeling, eye water, the chemical shield
All this will retire one day when I'm healed
And the folks I admire will admire me
If I write a good song and sing it perfectly

My lining sheds soundly the Moon it is whole
In the safest of seasons for out of control
I can even be stoic or quietly doubt
I just hope you’ll take your shovels and goggles out

Convex and tender, resolved to abuse
Rain soaks my foundation with holes in my shoes
Dear in the headlights, full belly and glass
I have got sleepy jitters and jerks to surpass

I know I’ll be humbled and grateful one day
For the space I create between each vertebrae
I can breathe with the bigger breath, transcend my fears
But sometimes my backbone fully disappears

Wide awake, trains coming less frequently
Bane of existence, physical urgency
Seems I'm always instigating the high
The music I dance to my favorite lullaby