1989

Who says you need a god or a badge of honor?
Or any ointment to assuage your sudden rampage
It steals a whisper and sigh, you have a confession
That your cortisol injection won't allow you to keep

But girl, who carries the entire world in the eyes
And let it slide through the skin and burn inside?

It's the space of the weight yet disengaged
It's the age and the tip that you're yet to take
It's the whole way out there yet to be seen
It's the candor and fury that soon it'll wear thin
Something in eager eyes, in fickle weather
And you should love it, 'cause it won't love you forever

Who says you need to bring bags or allusions?
Or any aware ears to heat your unsure speech
Girl, you need to let go, you only have two hands
Understand this is something you don't want to be

But girl, you've always made the denial very clear
Try not to look away 'cause diving brought you here

Give a way to your working eager legs
Give a task to your strong and yearning bones
But don't figure out that you were here
Only when you'd be long gone

Join spark and wick 'cause it's another year
They can't say they're heading, they're gone
Expansive as the truth in behalf of who you are
And broad as the thirst for a will that raise bars