The Worst of Us - Johnny Foreigner

We are the grey

Of all the cities in between

A fortress

Proxy the beach

Ringed with new steal

And out of Reach

I’ve been walking through a monochrome half-life

The streets shrink and the skyline blocks the sun

Whole weeks where I never see daylight

I’ve been dreaming of the ocean

So drop out when you want to

I’m convinced I need you

To stabilise!

We make each other scared we’ll

Settle like our parents

But that’s just the worst of us

(White mountains) White mountains on an advert you saw

I’ve been clutching for the wires in the darkness

Worried I’m worrying the guide ropes to a thread

I’m just waiting for the bubble to burst

For the cable to snap

For the piano to fall on my head

In the nuclear snow of the TV glow

That’s just the worst of us

See the prize, but prize but never the risk

Mounts Everest

That’s just the worst of us

And I’m trying to be more scripted

Trying to mold these metaphors but

That’s just the worst of us

Young adult, drunk and dramatic

Decants the Atlantic

That’s just the worst of us

White mountains (white mountains)