I put on my angel mentality
And walk out the door
To the burning air
And I sit on her broken steps
Wishing they were my own
In the cracks I see my faults
In the dust I see my destination
I’m not paying any attention
I fell off the rails and saw God upon the pavement
I thought I saw I monster in my closet
The children call it imagination
But they don’t know my limits
And I think it’s suburban hallucinations
Holding my life out at my side
Holding my hand out for a ride
I put on my outer shell
To brave the burning air
Lost my courage in a cup of coffee
I saw the handle melt
I feel the sun burn all my protection
And steal my secrets to tell
I thought I saw I monster in my closet
The children call it imagination
But they don’t know my limits
And I think it’s suburban hallucinations
She said the sky is truly falling
And I know that I believed her
I saw it falling from the window
Of some high rise corporate office
You spend half your life too small to hit
The rest of it afraid
That when the smog clears I wont feel
The same about the parts I played
I thought I saw I monster in my closet
The children call it imagination
But they don’t know my limits
And I think it’s suburban hallucinations
I thought I saw I monster in my closet
The children call it imagination
But they don’t know my limits
And I think it’s suburban hallucinations
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