high

i have never done any of the things in this poem (thankfully!), but this is a poem about resistance, how you have to take control of yourself.

show up at a party

that i'm not invited to

it's dark, bright lights

people getting drunk

doing things they

normally wouldn't do

stand and watch and laugh

cause it's so hysterical

this place is chaos, it's crazy

thinking maybe i should try

it out, cause it looks like fun

just maybe

close my eyes

holding the glass

to my lips

take a sip

and another, and some more

then suddenly i'm feeling

higher than the clouds,

nothing can hurt me now

i'm drunk i'm wasted

i don't know how i got here

my brain is shutting down

i'm walking around

but i don't know where i'm going

ooh yeah i'm high

sparkly minidress

sequins blinding me

girly girls pointing,

saying "who's she?"

i'm staggering around

trying to figure this out

it's madness, it's magical

why have to fight the pain

if you've got cocaine

why feel like you don't belong

just take a sip of this alcohol

doesn't matter what they put in it

if it's dangerous i'm all in

close my eyes

holding the glass

to my lips

take a sip

and another, and some more

then suddenly i'm feeling

higher than the clouds,

nothing can hurt me now

i'm drunk i'm wasted

i don't know how i got here

my brain is shutting down

i'm walking around

but i don't know where i'm going

ooh yeah i'm high

hanging out with strangers

running round the world chasing

dreams that aren't mine

coughing cause i smoke too much

but i really don't care

strut into a club

with a fake id

wearing something skimpy

but it don't bother me

this moment is magical

i'm being wild and i know

i have to hit the brakes now

but i still close my eyes

hold the glass

to my lips

take a sip

and another, and some more

then suddenly i'm feeling

higher than the clouds,

nothing can hurt me now

i'm drunk i'm wasted

i don't know how i got here

my brain is shutting down

i'm walking around

but i don't know where i'm going

ooh yeah i'm high

trying to stop but i don't know how

trying to freeze, i'm burning out

it's hard to see when you're so dizzy

writing your story on the blank pages

but it's not the story you wanted

flash back to the time when you

went, to the party univited

started all your troubles

should've done what you wanted

just cause they were partying 

didn't mean you had to

ooh, ooh

close my eyes

holding the glass

to my lips

take a sip

and another, and some more

then suddenly i'm feeling

higher than the clouds,

nothing can hurt me now

i'm drunk i'm wasted

i don't know how i got here

my brain is shutting down

i'm walking around

but i don't know where i'm going

ooh yeah i'm high

so addicted, can't stop now

cigarettes are my best friends in town

everybody's looking at me 

in disgust but don't

they see themselves?

look in a mirror

are there circles under your eyes?

do you sleep too little

are you on some crazy diet?

i'm telling you to stop now

change your reality

you won't regret it

trust me

but oh, oh

close my eyes

holding the glass

to my lips

take a sip

and another, and some more

then suddenly i'm feeling

higher than the clouds,

nothing can hurt me now

i'm drunk i'm wasted

i don't know how i got here

my brain is shutting down

i'm walking around

but i don't know where i'm going

ooh yeah i'm high

i'm high, high,

higher than the sky

systems shutting down

words slurring

don't know where i'm going

don't know where i'm going

but i'm just gonna stay high

ooh, i can't stop now

i'm up in the air

and i don't care 

what happens,

even

if

i 

fall