Toy Car - Snakeskin

Caught my head on the handlebar

You kept the car running

And the metal flesh of this monument

Is leaking out gasoline

Watched from across the parking lot

As you flipped through some magazines

And I tried to ignore the concrete

As it trapped me down underneath

Every glance is a glimpse of light

And I don’t know what you could’ve seen

But my meter is three pairs of your shoes

So you’ll always be close to me

When you turned back to check on me

My headlights found the way

From the hopes in my head to the pores on your skin

And wiped all the dirt away

For a second I felt your youth

Spill into me like heat

And the pain on my skin turned adrenaline

Watched your childhood without me

And the neon and LEDs

Of your storefront suburban streets

Flashed a warning sign from the whites of your eyes

Like they did when you were 16

Floating through the convenience store

Buying beer in your sneakers and jeans

And I can’t help but watch while your face turns bright red

As the cashier spots your school ID

And there’s nothing that I can touch

It’s a feeling that I can’t stand

Getting only as close to your lips as the cigarette

Stuck in your trembling hands

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