Blacken the Other Eye - Street Sects

On another

Waste of color

Dead on arrival

One through the roof of the mouth

He went under this complicit sun

Warm and free

Same old problem… ‘insufficient funds"

Will they always win

Pain eraser

Rainbow chaser

A rag in the tailpipe

Nobody saw her again

She went under this complicit sun

Almost free

Tandem driver, pickup idling by

And the search began

We went nowhere

We took the safe way

And no one cared

Windows bolted

Wanting the same things;

An unending ride

A complete rewind

The ultimate payday

No one cares

Reputation

Nothing but paper now

We sold ourselves out

And you don’t like violence

But you like the respect it commands

And you don’t touch the hard stuff

At least not with your bare hands

All it takes is just one day out in the sun

And the flies begin to blacken both eyes

What about restitution?

A knife in the armpit

A bullet below the tongue

Well if that’s where the line is

I will be still for both of us

No more worm in the apple

I will be sick for both of us

If it helps you remember

I will show you where it began

No more light in the window

Nothing left but the memories

I will be there