exhale - begin: one man and his bong

no one knows who you are
neither family or friend
to help buoy you up
you let nothing in

shallow and lonely
you try to pretend
for all the goodness of life
you trade for a whim

each woman a plaything
an object, a toy
yourself, stifling, unchanging
emotionally destroyed

numb out to all feeling
breathe that smoke in
null all emotions
exhale and begin

evade all the questions
follow fun to the goal
suck up the medication
ignoring us all
ignorance is expensive
when cheating the soul

everything business
calculated to hurt
that's why it's so easy
to treat me like dirt

everything unfeeling
callous and cruel
let's be adults now
not act like fools

let nothing
let nothing hurt
breathe that smoke in
let nothing feel
so let nothing real
exhale and begin