memory lane

if it's your decision
to be open about yourself
be careful or else
be careful or else

uncomfortable apart
it's all written on my chart
and i take what's given to me
most cooperatively

i do what people say
and lie in bed all day
absolutely horrified
i hope you're satisfied

isolation pushes past self-hatred, guilt and shame
to a place where suffering's a game
but everybody's scared of this place
and staying away
your little house on memory lane

-elliott smith