Amel Larrieux - Ten Minute High lyrics

She She doesn't need it, but she won't try Try to release it 'Cause she thinks she'll die Dependant on it, for it she'll lie It's only a ten minute high Eyes That witnessed a father beat on a mother Witnessed a system take away her only brother No one ever said that they loved her She used to close her eyes and make the pain subside But now she's got her Ten minute high Just for a little while She's queen of all the skies If a hit is bad another one she can buy Everybody tells her to stop She would try But nobody gave her a good reason why Time Has taken its toll She looks to old for 17 The girl is much too bold Her heart is cold when it used to be of gold Her Future Has no chance to unfold She's used her body to get her way Is she ashamed of the games she's played? But her best defense is to block out all the pain But first she buys her... Ten minute high Just for a little while she's floating through the sky What's she gonna do when she no longer can fly? Is she gonna land on her feet or come down to die? Or is she just gonna break down and cry When she comes down it all becomes too clear She knows that someday she should face her fears But she's lost touch with reality and over the years She's forgotten how it feels to be real It's early morning Quiet is the street She lays in silence The cold cement beneath her feet She pa**ed away and today's her 18th birthday And all she's left me to say is.... She just had her last ten minute high Did she contemplate that it would take away her life? She probably knew, but she had no reason to fight There is not a breath from her lips Not even a sigh If only she had known Wrong from right Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye girl Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye