Stopped Singing

I kept my teeth shut until it crash Held the whole moment in like a bad cough There was static crawling around my jaw and I kept acting like that was nu normal I talked too much, then not enough, kept trying to laugh at the wrong moments My baby, my babylonian words came out in the wrong order You stepped back like you needed room (Eeee! creepy!) Then I stopped Right there in the middle Brain stuck, skull busy Nothing landing right Stopped singing Stopped singing Now the whole room can hear me (maybe) Stopped singing Stopped singing And everything feels louder than before I had that metallic taste in my dentures Like I’d been biting down on a penny all afternoon I was grinning while I spread apart, Trying to keep my face sturdy, You asked me, “So what happens now?” I said, “Oh I honestly don’t know yet” The world has changed. Pointing fingers at them, They point fingers and throw stones at me. (huh?) Then I stopped Right there in the middle Brain stuck, skull busy Nothing landing right Stopped singing Stopped singing Now the whole room can hear me (maybe) Stopped singing Stopped singing And everything feels louder than before The voiceless talking broke up Into pieces I couldn’t carry It kept slipping through my numberless fingers Even when I tried to hold on No clean No neat Just the cosmic raw thing Coming through Stopped singing Stopped singing Now the whole room can hear me (maybe) Stopped singing Stopped singing And everything feels louder than before Stopped singing Stopped singing And I’m still here, bare and trying