Are you happy? Or are you pretending? How much will you swallow Before your stomach bleeds? The lump in my abdomen Gets bigger every day It's a kink in a garden hose A clogged kitchen sink Broken garbage disposal Are you getting all tangled up inside the weeds? That scale the home and constrict your blood Like a large carnivorous snake? (Pica, pica) I wouldn't follow advice from the lesser-wise (Python, python) But i will swallow You down to the shoes every time In the weeds Strangle me In the weeds Strangle me Are you getting all tangled up Inside the weeds? Are you afraid of sinking in Too deep to climb back out? Went to bed with a stranger Woke up five years later The beat never stopped but you lost the count How long until the drywall comes tumbling down in the rain? How long until the sadness overwhelms our tiny reptile brains? What is waiting for us At the end of our numbered days But maternity centers, custody hearings? Nursing homes, marble graves? Are you ready to settle down? Already feeling tied down? (Twist and turn in my sleep, strangle me while I eat Why can't you free me?) You can't climb back out The clock keeps spinning 'round The beat never slows down but you You lost the count