(wrote and performed this from my childhood bedroom.)
the lime green painted walls
just seem to say it all
it's a snapshot of the kid i was back then
and now it's hard to list
everything that i have missed
in this silly ditty i'm trying to pen
it's been years since i moved out
but in this room throughout
feels like nothing's really changed since i last left
every medal, every toy
every memory of joy
yet somehow deep inside i feel bereft
i'm approaching another trip around the sun
soulsearching
look at all that i have done
oh who have i become
fossilized inside the boxes
my inner child still sleeps
wonder if i'm what they wanted
what they hoped they'd grow up to be
fossilized behind the door
this larger child still weeps
begging for the hands to stop
for time to slow its beat