In The Barrel Slide
We used to be together
We talked about the weather
You were on the other side of a tetherpole
We never talked about it
You wouldn’t acknowledge it
I would have lowered their opinion of you
But in the barrel slide and in the library aisle
You were different
And during quiet time you were so silent
And distant
A puddle by a fountain
Sand in the drain is drowning
You said you’d never been in a heated pool
I said I hadn’t either
Everyone saw me meet her
You were the laughingstock of the entire school
But in the barrel slide and in the library aisle
You were different
And during quiet time you were so silent
And distant
And I wondered why you never used a spoon
And I wondered why they never let me walk you home
And I wondered why you never used a spoon
And I wondered why they never let you see the sun
Is there something you want to tell me
Something you want to show me
What’s that thing, & why’s it glowing?
They moved in to get her
She did them one better
Proving her loyalty to them once and for all
I didn’t see it coming
I would have started running
Her purple tentacle impaled me against a wall
But in the barrel slide and in the library aisle
You were different
And during quiet time you were so silent
And distant
We talked about the weather
You were on the other side of a tetherpole
We never talked about it
You wouldn’t acknowledge it
I would have lowered their opinion of you
But in the barrel slide and in the library aisle
You were different
And during quiet time you were so silent
And distant
A puddle by a fountain
Sand in the drain is drowning
You said you’d never been in a heated pool
I said I hadn’t either
Everyone saw me meet her
You were the laughingstock of the entire school
But in the barrel slide and in the library aisle
You were different
And during quiet time you were so silent
And distant
And I wondered why you never used a spoon
And I wondered why they never let me walk you home
And I wondered why you never used a spoon
And I wondered why they never let you see the sun
Is there something you want to tell me
Something you want to show me
What’s that thing, & why’s it glowing?
They moved in to get her
She did them one better
Proving her loyalty to them once and for all
I didn’t see it coming
I would have started running
Her purple tentacle impaled me against a wall
But in the barrel slide and in the library aisle
You were different
And during quiet time you were so silent
And distant