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Richmond, VA

by Thanks Again

on Sonder (2015)

Put the keys in the ignition
and drive yourself down south to Richmond,
tell me how the weather is treating you down there,
and I'll be waiting here in silence
trying to block out all of the violence
that rises up inside my head when you're not here.

My mother tells me son you're hurting,
don't try to seem so undeserving
you did everything you could to make things right.
But I'm still lying here awake
trying to make sense of my mistakes,
and justifying why I lay alone at night.

But maybe I'm just lacking common sense.
My mother tells me boy just get some rest.
My friends all say that you are so much more,
but I'm still lying here,
you're still in Richmond and I'm still alone.

I feel the walls moving around me,
as I'm attacked by my surroundings,
I try to desperately make sense of everything.
I wake in violent, frantic, fits,
of shaking hands, and feet, and fists,
and everything moving in perfect symmetry.


I feel so caught up under static sky,
with the blue moon swings its blighting eye,
it's desperation in its purest form.
But I'll still stay alone awake for Richmond
to overpopulate so you can come back home.

But maybe I'm just lacking common sense.
My mother tells me boy just get some rest.
My friends all say that you are so much more,
but I'm still lying here,
you're still in Richmond and I'm still alone.

I guess that you're not coming back,
I've waited days and weeks,
and that's the only thing I truly do regret,
My violent fits of waking rage
stopped suddenly the other day
when i heard that you had found
another man.

But maybe this is for the best I realize now that I'm a mess, and you deserve someone who equals your prestige.
No longer settling for less,
you'll have to deal with second best,
because yo sure as hell wont receive any love from me.
You sure as hell won't receive any love from me.
You sure as hell won't receive any love from me.