Woke up feeling sideways Like I borrowed someone’s skin My sneakers talk in riddles They say: You don’t fit in They told me: Don’t be frightened It gets easy when you blend But I keep seeing colors That they can’t comprehend But I’m sorry I couldn’t walk their steady line I had to sprint toward something mine I’m just a little alien In a borrowed human skin It stings, it spins It burns like static under the skin Feels like a crash inside my head But they said When you’re older It’s golden You’ll adore it You’ll call it living They said I could fly Or learn to stay That gravity was just a kind of play They smiled when I asked what fine meant Like it was a secret they already spent So forgive me I couldn’t walk with you I had to run instead I’m just a little alien Trying to pass for human It’s gonna hurt, it’s gonna spin It’s gonna feel like falling in But they said When you’re older It’s magic It’s tragic You’ll love it You’ll love it, they said As if love was the same as surviving