Chain

it's so good to get
outside
stop wasting away
take a sip of the night
reminder i'm somebody unafraid
although
i look over my shoulder
look over my shoulder
is he coming my way?
life is unpredictable
sometimes it feels like a game.
and i want to be
over my shoulder, over my shoulder
rid of expectations
(like i know what i really want)
i'm quickly getting older
over and over
it goes through my brain
leaning in, i want to
break through these cycles
break through those cycles
like the buck stops here
can i change my life by doing
exactly the same thing
don't want to be part of this chain

familiar is comfort as familiar is dangerous
i know it's not good for me, why should i just repeat
the same thing?
the same rhyme, the same time, the same sing
chords that only go in one direction
scratching heads because you can't tell if they're sad
or happy, complex like a riddle
scratched on a fiddle, a soloist march
familiar tune that sticks around, gets stuck in your head
until you're dead. unless you want to change it up
and do something a little differently

over and over, looking over my shoulder
waiting for the past to come and swallow me up again
my fists are wings
a temporary fix to avoid that song getting stuck in my head
one more time, just for a rhyme
just for the sake of knowing the pattern
that forms the design of my life
thread by thread, day by day
i'm thirsty, sip the night, be unafraid
and keep myself busy
before i make myself dizzy
this is why it's so good to get outside
and if i once again meet the bearer of bad luck
it at least won't feel so foreign, maybe i'll know what to do
and break the familiar chain following me around