discreetly and demurely garbed
docile as a lamb to slaughter
sharp distinctions evade her
in the dark narcotic night
     this is something real
     reaction time approaches zero
     this is something real
     a life ground down to nothing
     
somewhere there's a world that's not like this
somewhere there's a world that's not like this

a smooth curve askew
she folds in on herself
we can try to express this
discretion is the error

     this is something real
     reaction time approaches zero
     this is something real
     a life ground down to nothing

somewhere there's a world that's not like this
somewhere there's a world that's not like this

a smooth curve askew

moving through the thick haze
that obscures the solutions

     this is something real
     reaction time approaches zero
     this is something real
     a life ground down to nothing

somewhere there's a world that's not like this
she folds in on herself
somewhere there's a world that's not like this