8 Feet Tall - Snakeskin

One step closer, nine steps back

You’re treading water, you can’t relax

Wake me up and feel me down

Everything comes back around

I feel it strong but I can’t react

Scrape your feet along the rope

to your toes

This blistered strength will show your youth

Eight feet tall and honorable

So drink the pain until you puke

I feel her watching, I feel her watching

You’re eight feet tall

Don’t you dare look down

It’s a long fall

From the top of your head

To the place where me met

Movement controlled

By the people you touched

And the things you regret

Play your cards until they’re gone

Plead insane and play along

You’re down 51 and you try to think quick

And you follow her home and it’s making her sick

Is this some fucked idea of fun

Poor sweet child plays the fool

Sweet thing wants to stay in school

Those pills can’t act as your excuse

There’s nothing valid, it’s abuse

So stop your preaching, there’s no truth

You’re eight feet tall

Don’t you dare look down

It’s a long fall

From the top of your head

To the place where me met

Movement controlled

By the people you touched

And the things you regret

You’re eight feet tall

Don’t you dare look back

It’s a long fall

From the top of your head

To the place where me met

Movement controlled

By the people you touched

And the things you regret

You’re eight feet tall

Don’t ever say you were nine