Music (Redux)

So his eyes are closed, hands shaking Heart rate's at the speed of Gabba, a twitch from his normal manner Thoughts clouded like it's about to pour down Safety's off in the trenches - it's war now Half-assed, cap leaning Pants sagged, Air Max fresh, Dazed reporting for duty Proven guilty by the Jury Haters laying by the curb-side The fuel for the fury Lighting strikes the blood drips from the wrists edge Stumbling down Swanston St like a pisshead Mis-lead child sparks up another cigarette Smokes it to the filter Flicks it to the street Trips over milk crates his therapy's beats Otherwise he's drowning in the street Mind of the beaten track Smacked out an overdose of haters Rips the cardboard from the flyer Reach for papers Weed broken up like past relationships Dumbing all his thoughts out with spliffs Necks another longneck down These lights start to blind him On lookers watch what he's doing It's too confusing Spits phlegm at a park-bench and passes Junkies and dumb fucks in the midst of smashed glasses Then it hits him His heart starts to panic A long walk home but this time it's gonna be tragic What do you see when the lights go out What do you hear when you fight the power It's the reckoning hour Lay the path view all the plots What do you do when the music stops What do you see when the lights go out What do you hear when you fight the power It's the reckoning hour Lay the path view all the plots What do you do when the music stops I feel this pain rushing through in my veins I try to numb it when I realise from the pack that Zac's not quite the same There's a change A catalyst of thoughts An influx of a flood The scar's deep the dirt turns into mud I guess I'm back where I started A game of Snakes and Ladders Mis-matched worlds for my universe to manage Never one to really open up unless I really trust 'em Or rhyming over bars though to most the word won't mean nothing But what happens when there's no one there to trust Or want to save their burden 'cos you think it means too much It gets darker the walls are closing in You start to scream search around for an opening Breathing at a higher pace time to sit the fuck down Lighting up a joint put my brain into lockdown It seems like this way's the only way to be Sitting in a daze living life like a Zombie What do you see when the lights go out What do you hear when you fight the power It's the reckoning hour Lay the path view all the plots What do you do when the music stops What do you see when the lights go out What do you hear when you fight the power It's the reckoning hour Lay the path view all the plots What do you do when the music stops So being free to me's a whole new experience Living with my head high whilst bad's an insignificance I seem to get close the finish line in eye sight It's almost at an arm's reach The shine from the star light It's bright I swear it's kinda like a dream Cos I wake up in reality and shit isn't clean Sometimes I feel like I don't even exist So if I left it'd make no difference for you people to miss It's clear to me that way's a shitty weaker option Won't do it but I'll think it A game of thought chess boxing Grabbing ladders always searching for a higher place Search into the past to find that weak mind state I pinned it down but the nail isn't sharp enough Hammering my head down cos life is tough And it seems to me that I will never be free But I'll always keep trying cos it means so much to me What do you see when the lights go out What do you hear when you fight the power It's the reckoning hour Lay the path view all the plots What do you do when the music stops What do you see when the lights go out What do you hear when you fight the power It's the reckoning hour Lay the path view all the plots What do you do when the music stops