Interference in my brain when I think White noise, gray matter, and the kitchen sink Are you supposed to feel inside your skull? Mine is housing over-tenderized meat Permeable, pliable cortisol A word like 'headache' won't cover it all More like pressure-cooked melon spaghetti Will it stick if I throw it at the wall Or land in a clump like wet confetti? Either way, overdone isn't ready Papercut I didn't see 'till it bled And the ticking clock sounds so unsteady Gunmetal dim and as heavy as lead Fog I see gathering behind and ahead It's true, no thoughts, those spaces are empty How much empty until it cracks my head? Waiting for a bus, but none are stopping Speeding by as the mercury's dropping Ticket in my hand might be expired Through the window, the janitor's mopping There's no debugging when it's hardwired And garbage collection all got fired This shelter's feeling more like an old stall The traffic picks up, and I'm so tired Running in place and still hitting a wall Afraid to lay down, I feel like I'll fall My dreams have been rolled up beneath my bed Between asleep and awake, only null Gunmetal dim and as heavy as lead Fog I see gathering behind and ahead It's true, no thoughts, those spaces are empty How much empty until it cracks my head? My racing mind expands only to shrink A mile a second, still I'm on the brink Audio double vision, out of sync Audio double vision, out of sync Gunmetal dim and as heavy as lead Fog I see gathering behind and ahead It's true, no thoughts, those spaces are empty How much empty until it cracks my head?
