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numb


What if I could take a pill that would make it all go away?

Ignorance and arrogance

accidents and happenstance?

What if I could drop a tab and suddenly no more cliché

no more holes in my dreams or my life?


Maybe if the highs were higher

maybe if they existed at all

maybe if the fucking Universe would get off my back

maybe if I could see the ending it wouldn't matter anymore.


What if I could take some juice that would cause me to feel nothing?

No joy or elation but no pain or aggravation?

What if I could wash it all down with a swallow or two of something?

Would I make it go away or would I let it stay?


Maybe if I knew there was a chance

maybe if I knew we would survive

maybe if I saw some hope for the future

I'd chose to feel nothing instead of what I feel now.


words and music by J Franklin Evans