![Detention - The Lawrence Arms](https://cdn.muztext.com/i/3284751188943925347.jpg)
Date of issue: 24.10.1999
Record label: Asian Man
Song language: English
Detention |
Baseball bats and salivating mouths |
In a square room, doors locked, once again I’m alone inside a crowd |
A misplaced throw, a misplaced swing and everything unfolds |
A microcosm of humanity, a microcosm of cold |
The waves wash over another, anxiety, proximity, erupting from the chemistry |
Of testosterone, isolated until the first fists fly |
Instincts pushed to breaking points |
Surging bodies, snapping joints |
Two shoes lost inside a fray |
Two socks on laminated hardwood, 360 degrees into harms way |
A length of lead grazed the side of my head |
As others fall and others leave and others show their vampire teeth |
Two chunks from my neck |
Four lips that drip with skin |
Socks that slide as the blood runs down my shirt |
Or over two strange chins |
There is no way out of detention |
Rage pushed a doorway down |
Fear carried me past the last contusions hurled |
At bodies on the ground |
Dizzy, terrified, awake in sweaty skin |
«Mom, I’m never going back to school again» |
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