Have I Gone Mad?

- Scarlet liquid everywhere, pouring from my wrists;

The things I do just to take the pain away,

To make it through another day.

Instead of dying and relieving my sorrow,

I fight to make it to tomorrow;

I'm laying on the floor, and I clench my fists.

- My eyes flutter shut, and suddenly I'm wide awake,

Falling down a hole while upside-down furniture flies

Past me. I dodge the everyday objects and struggle to keep my eyes

Open as I brace for the impact of hitting the cold, hard floor,

But I feel nothing; instead, I stand in front of a door

Much too small. The bottle cried, "Drink me," so the medicine I take.

- Suddenly, my body shrinks and my mind grows;

The sorrow disappears, replaced by wonder, and I find

That I can leave all of my pain and burdens behind

As I step through the door into another land.

A strange-looking man gives me his hand,

And when the moon rises the world glows.

- We skip merrily and throw teacups at flowers;

We dance in the rain and watch the moon.

Suddenly, I'm singing in a different tune -

My old life struggles to come to my mind,

But I want nothing more than to leave that life behind

And get lost in this world and its rain showers.

- I smoked with a caterpillar that turned into a moth

And stole the madman's hat from his head;

He didn't get angry, but laughed psychotically instead.

I painted flowers and hopped with a rabbit -

The instinctual madness became a habit.

At the end of the day, I drank wine with a sloth.