Lyrics: Kelly Boesch
Music: Kelly Boesch
Woke up feeling sideways
Like I borrowed someone’s skin
My sneakers talk in riddles
They say, “you don’t fit in.”
They told me, “don’t be frightened
it gets easy when you blend”
But I keep seeing colors
That they can’t comprehend
But I’m sorry
I couldn’t walk their steady line
I had to sprint toward something mine
I’m just a little alien
In a borrowed human skin
It stings, it spins
It burns like static under the skin
Feels like a crash inside my head
But they said
“When you’re older
It’s golden
You’ll adore it
You’ll call it living'
They said I could fly
or learn to stay
That gravity was just a kind of play
They smiled when I asked what “fine” meant
Like it was a secret they already spent
So forgive me
I couldn’t walk with you
I had to run instead
I’m just a little alien
Trying to pass for human
It’s gonna hurt, it’s gonna spin
It’s gonna feel like falling in
But they said
“When you’re older
It’s magic
It’s tragic
You’ll love it"
You’ll love it, they said
As if love was the same as surviving