Calico Jack

Every time I think I'm at rock bottom I still sink Going around in circles downward spiral at the ice rink And everything that she says or he says stinks But it's just my mind playing tricks every moment that I blink The prison walls are high and the prison walls are tall And when I try to escape it's off the cliff I fall Trying to grab ledges but they just break away Falling victim to foul play as if they're here to say There's no way up There's no way back You're sinking down, down, down Rope can't cut more slack We can't cut more slack It ain't dope cuz your mind racing and you fallin with your stomach chasing cuz you lack the heart For the art, you'll never start You'll just burn Like a painting on a post card without respect earned And one day your parents say that you'll win the fern But it'll always just be out of reach like us for which you yearn Stern talking to, a word outside Step through the door where you lack the mind And then you find that you were wrong about that But with a side salad, you killed Calico Jack There's no way up There's no way back You're sinking down, down, down Rope can't cut more slack We can't cut more slack It ain't dope cuz your mind racing and you fallin with your stomach chasing cuz you can't grab this You can't grab this You can't grab this You fall in with you stomach chasing cuz you can't grab this You can't grab this You can't grab this You falling with your stomach chasing cuz you can't grab this The ledges fall by, a swing and a miss Hoping for the best as we ignore the snake's hiss Grabbing at whatever passes our way, hoping to pull ourselves out so we won't stay But I can't grab this I can't grab this I'm falling with my stomach chasing cuz I can't grab this But you can grab this And you did grab this Cuz you grabbed me and you pulled me cuz you could grab this Every time I think I'm at rock bottom I sink still Going around in circles downward spiral lack of free will But then a hand descends from above And I grab it like there's no tomorrow and it's my only chance at love