Geraldine - John Grant

Paranoia, the uncertainty

The stupid knowing way they’re grinning when they look at me

They say it’s me

How do they know?

My mind and body have betrayed me and it shows

My brain reboots each time the sun begins to shine

And if I didn’t know better then i’d swear to you that it’s not mine

I can’t control my face

I can’t avoid that furrowed brow

Would’ve thought they’d send someone right over to show me how

Geraldine

Please tell me that you didn’t have to put up with this shit

Geraldine

Please tell me that you didn’t have to do it

Like the others

We’re not like them, we’re not that strong

At least that’s what they have been telling us all along

Geraldine

Please tell me that it wasn’t that way for you

You are a grown up now, the program is complete

And everybody knows this because of the things you say when you speak

You know the drill

It’s time to kill

And if you won’t they’ll find somebody else who will

This is a hostile world

Don’t act like you weren’t told

Nobody’s going to buy that noise if you talk like that when you get old

Don’t lose your cool

Don’t come unglued

Be a man

Don’t walk into the light

It’s a trap dear Carol Anne

Geraldine

Please tell me that you didn’t have to put up with this shit

Geraldine

Please tell me that you didn’t have to do it

Like the others

We’re not like them, we’re not that strong

At least that’s what they have been telling us all along

Geraldine

Please tell me that it wasn’t that way for you