• Yerin Baek

    No man's land

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I don't even know how I got here
My barefoot, barefoot, standing near on the road with cactus.
Actually, can't see a thing
I'm confused
Eye contact with a coyote — what will I lose?
 
Damn, I lost to another one
Battles
I hate battles
Play some Beatles
Let it rattle
Let them giggle
But I'm stuck
Can't say shit
I'm drowning down in the middle.
 
I'm from no man's land
My home left me, thrown off my ID
Nowhere to go,
Don't know where to shop
Definitely not at Dior
I'll just light up my smoke
 
Where did my youth go?
Oh, there you go
My school isn't proud of me
They smile but keep the doors closed
Am I too offended by it?
No matter what the reason is,
They're fucking racists — yuk.
 
Where did my youth go?
Oh, there it goes
Say hi to my mom for me
I know you're not proud of me
I'm from no man's land
 
Where did my youth go?
Oh, there it goes
Say hi to my mom for me
I know you're not proud of me
Gone like a name in the sand.
 
Changelings, pocket residue of cosmic exchanges
Tallied 'round like loose sums but to nowhere
Drew the blinds and sealed the wind, where I'm from (No man's land)
Just drifting like tumbleweeds
No such thing as epiphany for a man
He threw a quote and went hiding back in his cave
He called it home — couple footsteps, echoes, fades
If home is a thing, I guess I am possession-less
I've bounced around between cities, countries and passports
How quickly cheers would fade on losing boards, for mascots
Callings never unheard; yet no one recalls the name
I'm saying “hi” to my mom and quickly gone like, gone like.. a name in the sand
 
Where did my youth go?
Oh, there it goes
Say hi to my mom for me
I know you're not proud of me
I'm from no man's land
 
Where did my youth go?
Oh, there it goes
Say hi to my mom for me
I know you're not proud of me
Gone like a name in the sand.
 
Where did my youth go?
Oh, there it goes
Say hi to my mom for me
I know you're not proud of me
I'm from no man's land
 
Where did my youth go?
Oh, there it goes
Say hi to my mom for me
I know you're not proud of me
Gone like a name in the sand.
 

 

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