From the Iowa Prison Writing Project

 

Where is the darkness inside the sun? 

some inside your mind hidden like a gun

you see the darkness when your [sic] having fun

when we go under the ocean and run

 

I know a right a runaway girl and she’s gone

she said the right way is always down, down, down

I know a girl a runaway girl and she’s gone

 

What they say is time for you

is not the same as time for me

what they could decide to choose 

we could fall asleep and rest in peace

If there is something to lose hold it out

in front of me

Let it burn just like a fuse

so when it’s gone there will be no trace

 

Come and see the darkness before it floats away

Before it disappears into different space

you see the darkness and the way things change 

when we go under the ocean and play 

 

I know a girl a runaway girl and she’s gone

she said the right way is always down, down, down

I know a girl a runaway girl and she’s gone

 

what they say is time for you 

is not the same as time for me

what they could decide to choose 

we could run away and find release

 

If there is something to lose

hold it out in front of me

let it burn just like a fuse

so when it’s gone there will be no trace