16 Years

16 Years (十六年) - Sage Francis

The sun flies through the sky leaves darkness in it's wake

And now I hear the hellhounds barking at the gate

To be honest sometimes I want you to relate

This ain't up for discussion it's not a topic for debate

Entrepeneurs that want to bottle up the hate

And slap a label on the glass so hard that it'll break

And if you break it you buy it and we sold it by the case

It's ok if you just try it you can hold it to your face

How close can you get without touching it

How far removed can you get from the public

Can you keep a secret

If not can you tie a slipknot

Can you stand high up on this brick block

Listen to the clock tick tock and switch gears

It's been 1 2 3 4 5 6 years

Are they all dancing now

Are you joining the party

Are just celebrating your life

Just by destroying your body

It's a part of your psyche that I want to sightsee

I don't need you as a tour guide

And I don't want you to like me

I was voted least likely

That's it just least likely

So pardon me if I seem fiesty

Bite my tongue like a bullet

Take a pull from the peace pipe

Push past the low expectations of me each night

I leave light in my wake

And I moonwalk across the floor

Until I hear the sex kittens all purring at the door

There's something outside that we all want

But inside there's an ex who marks a soft spot

Till it rots and decays and then no one else cares

It's been 7 8 9 10 11 12 years

Now I sell pennies to the well-wishers

I fish through the coinslots

I fall through a girls bait participate in boycotts

I demonstrate a demon's trade

With a face void of thoughts

If that don't launch a thousand ships

Than that's a helen of troy's loss

There's nothing in this horse

It's hollow it's empty it's entry will not be forced

Like an eyesocket stripped clean of tears

It's been 13 14 15 16 years