As I walk into the woods
My left red shoe gets caked in mud
Right foot gets caught up in the sidewalk
And I go down with a thud
Two men step out of a vehicle
I don’t think they see me at all
As they walk in perfect sync
Pull a man off the grass to the hospital
I pull on my sweater
It don’t make me feel much warmed
When it’s 40 degrees
I shake it like I’m I performer

Oh I feel like I’m in a movie
Nothing’s making any sense
It’s all so perfectly scripted
Crafted to entertain the audience
Keep them hanging on the fence

As I start my stumble home
A boy and girl are in a fight
She yells at him and waves her arms
This wide road starts to feel tight
I’m changing my direction
They’re raising their aggression
What could so quickly turn hateful
What was at one point perfection

Oh I feel like I’m on an escalator
Being lifted off the ground
Into another space, up and away
Far from the places I want to stay
And I’m dancing with the sound

Once you’ve been hurt too many times
One thing after another
Is there really any point
In even trying to recover?
I don’t know

I’m trying to be some good in this world
But it seems I’m not up to the task
Kindness is seen as weakness
They run away and say “be right back”

But if the story of a fall
Cannot elicit a reaction
Then I’ll have to try much harder
To ever gain any traction
Put on a shorter skirt
Take off my baggy T-shirt
Start a new life, get a new face
Or press myself into the dirt
Into the dirt, I like the dirt