The Ether - Ichiban

Come and walk with me

Come and talk with me

Yeah

He met her on the train she said Lilly was the name

Supple frame really one thing really on his brain

He said are ya hungry let me take you out to dinner

Even though he was old enough to be her babysitter

Then, she agreed so he wined and dined her

Friends lookin' for Lilly but nobody could find her

He said grown accustomed to she knows it so well

After they’re done they’re goin' straight to the hotel

Low self-esteem the scene it’s really obscene

Sixteen, sellin' her flesh for material things

Eyes clenched tight as he proceeds touching her

Numb to the world, to her he’s just another customer

Bottom of the barrel she couldn’t feel any lesser

He fucks, busts, then leaves a bill on the dresser

Now little Lilly staring up at the ceiling

A ghost in the shell with eyes unrevealing

Inhale the ether let it sink in deeper

Was once a dreamer now a non-believer

Numb from the anesthesia growin' weaker

Close to the edge and beginnin' to tinker

Inhale the ether let it sink in deeper

Was once a dreamer now a non-believer

Numb from the anesthesia growin' weaker

Close to the edge and beginnin' to tinker

's only fourteen, last year in middle school

Spendin' every day getting punked, jumped and ridiculed

Keeps a solemn face and a heart that’s sincere

Bullied by his peers he chokes back his tears

Burries his head in a hoodie hangs low in the dead zone

His only escape he finds through a pair of headphones

It’s here he feels bliss but it’s only momentary

Nobody knows that he’s far from the ordinary

Parents and teachers act like they’re so concerned

Not knowin' that he’s been pushed past the point of no return

Today will be the last day that he rides the bus home

Mother tryin’a call him but no answer on the touch tone

Phone ringin', he smashes it until it’s broke up

Then heads inside the bathroom and locks the door shut

He sits in the tub and lets the warm water run

Two pink clouds in an hour it’ll all be done

Inhale the ether let it sink in deeper

Was once a dreamer now a non-believer

Numb from the anesthesia growin' weaker

Close to the edge and beginnin' to tinker

Inhale the ether let it sink in deeper

Was once a dreamer now a non-believer

Numb from the anesthesia growin' weaker

Close to the edge and beginnin' to tinker