Another Saturday night once again all alone
Laying down on my side staring at my phone
Insecurity is the key that I need
To lock myself within cage of unrest and unease
And I am always prone
To bouts of too full grown
Don't think of what you see
Don't feed these fantasies
Get up have a smoke and toke
Of course that'll ease my pain
The pain of being unfulfilled
And chasing fleeting gain
Maybe if I stare at stars
I'll have an epiphany
Instead I only see black sky
And realize it's only me
Lonesome with a kink in my neck
Two drags of a cigarette
Won't change what will be
A dead sense of sympathy
If I was to die would I attend my own funeral
Don't waste your time on an escapist rhetorical
To be free is to be sad
Because freedom makes you think
Thoughts only lead to thoughts
More thoughts lead to a drink
Two shots of cheap gin
Three more until I win
The prize of unsung hope
The pride of untied rope
Do I even have friend?
Am I means to an end?
Can I live in the now?
Have I forgotten how?
Lonesome with a kink in my neck
Two drags of a cigarette
Won't change what will be
A dead sense of sympathy
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