Sprung

This song was also written in the Summer of 2004. It was after me and the boys had graduated (except for the ones that hadn't graduated yet or had already graduated, Greg and Mark, respectively). I wanted to write a poem that encapsulated how I felt about the most amazing Summer of my life. So I named the song "Sprung," you know, past tense of Spring...clever right? There are some very fun things I placed into this song.

The entirety of the verses were for my best friends, the Boys. We used to participate in all sorts of recreational drugs. And that summer was the first time, we had ever done mushrooms. So the lines about tripping and LSD (which we had not done yet) were about that. The final verse has 'easter eggs' hidden in it. It has references to the original members of the RBT and I believe they are in order in which they were bought...Doc, Scarface, Mr. Bill, Thumper, Lone Ranger, and Dino. Can you find them?

And finally, they most important thing about this song was the only unaltered line of the chorus. "Your heart burns a whole through my chest." The thing about this song is that it is an homage to that summer, and during that summer, everything I did had an underlying crush on one girl...I will call her A-S. So this song/poem does just that, accents my friends, but eludes to A-S. Actually, there are a couple more songs and things I wrote about her. One piece I wrote was a love note to her (it will be posted later). Well, that is enough rambling.

Sprung

The grass sticks to your back.
Hand to hand combat.
Stumble through weeks, through months
I’d take this trip again.

Your heart burns a whole through my chest.
Is this what LSD is?

The stench of past ruined your house.
Running, but taking.
We all touched solitary, but never were.
I’d give it to you in a double heartbeat.

Your heart burns a whole through my chest.
You have more music?

No doctor needed, these scars will heal tomorrow.
Oh no, these ears won’t ever hear your laughter.
Loneliness? Is that a question?
Memory grows ever near to extinction.

Your heart burns a whole through my chest.
Who thought I’d remember it?