don't you come to me with all your color-coded quotes  everybody's laughing but they never ever get my jokes  fool, you're a tool, a sheep  and it's obvious to everyone but company you keep  and don't you squint at me because your childhood was the pits  every single one of us have trodden through our shit  oh, and i know you're shrewd  because i smell it on your clothes  it's in everything you do    falling, fallen, we all fall down  it only really matters how we stand our ground  and if and when we rise to our feet again  we'll be on our own    everything we built  (it's gone)  and every one around  (is stunned)  we just sit here staring blankly  and everything goes numb  lord, if i felt a thing  i could wrap my mind around this  and prevent our getting singed  please excuse my enemies  i think they do not know  i will gladly self destruct if they leave me alone  friend, that's the end of us  because you're behind in empathy and overdue on trust    calmly, calmly and patiently  we've seen all the evidence  but still cannot believe  and if and when we rise to our feet again  we'll be on our own    somehow, someway, we perservere  the questions on our lips fall on deafened ears  and if and when we rise to our feet again  we'll be on our own