Lawrence Arms Detention Lyrics

Detention Lyrics

baseball bats and salivating mouths in a square room, doors pocked. once again
i'm alone insie 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 how their vampire
teeth. two chunks from my neck, four lips that drip with skin, socks that slide
as the blood runs down my neck 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."