Brick

6 A.M., day after Christmas

 

I throw some clothes on in the dark

 

The smell of cold car seat is freezing

 

The world is sleeping and I am numb

 



Up the stairs to her apartment she is balled up on the couch

 

Her mom and dad went down to Charlotte

 

They're not home to find us out

 

And we drive, now that I have found someone

 

I'm feeling more alone, than I ever have before

 



She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly

 

Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere

 

She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly

 



They call her name at 7:30, I pace around the parking lot

 

Then I walk down to buy her flowers, and sell some gifts that I got

 

Can't you see? It's not me you're dying for

 

Now she's feeling more alone, than she ever has before

 



She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly

 

Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere

 

She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly

 



As weeks went by, it showed that she was not fine

 

They told me son it's time to tell the truth

 

And she broke down and I broke down

 

''Cuz I was tired of lying

 



Driving back to her apartment

 

For the moment we're alone

 

She's alone and I'm alone

 

Now I know it

 



She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly

 

Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere

 

She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly