early this morning 
i read the paper 
i sipped my coffee without a sound 
										
as bombs were dropped on countries 
whose names i can't pronounce 
sometimes life 
seems like a cake 
slippin' through the layers of illusion that you bake 
my mind is trippin' on these verbs and these nouns 
i think i'll take a walk downtown 
weighing me down 
there's something keeping me from going downtown 
weighing me down 
i'm confused by these scents and these sounds 
weighing me down 
these thoughts are weights holding me to the ground 
weighing me down 
i know that i gotta stick around 
breathe in the air 
the wind in my hair 
center of the universe isn't even there 
i searched and i looked 
through libraries of books 
hopin' it'd be together like knights and rooks