In Principio

Into the Wind

Middle School will probably suck more than you thought

with the hormones off whack, the drama filled halls

the first test you'll fail when you forget to study and

most importantly, the cheap toilet paper in bathroom stalls

You change, you grow, you wanna fit in

so you change your clothes and hair and style and

you become someone else, stretching your skin so far

that you don't see when it tears and

gets swept up by the wind

Into the wind

your supple skin has gone

I don't really think anyone will miss it

But at least you've got your body intact

Now the skin's gone, but who cares if it stings a bit?

So you shock your hair with dye and paint over your raw face

and when you erase old Country and replace it with Rock

you don't feel when your eardrums burst and

get swept up by the wind.

Into the wind

a couple of placid ears gone

who ever needed to listen, anyway?

But at least you've got your body intact

Now the ears are gone, but you'll get used to the silence

so you let loose the filters and speak without a care

but when you can't hear it, yet the others do

you don't realize when your mouth dries up and

gets swept up by the wind.

Into the wind

the running mouth has walked and gone

and all that's left are a pair of eyes

because the body is gone, and all you can do is

watch.