Ant - Boy in a Tree lyrics

[Verse 1: JOKER] If I were ticking time bomb, would you cut the red wire Like a young boy standing in a fire As the flames climb higher He sings and his voice is a pitch higher Reminiscent of the days as a kid when he tried to fight her But it was no use This woman was high and mighty But still he held his balloon sword and stood there in his tighty whities He was too young to handle them f**ing with his psyche Constantly feeling fight or flighty The bu*terflies under his belly flutter with ease He's looking forward to the day he gets ahold of some keys So he can push the pedal down to the carpeted floor And drive away from the problems he endures But to this young boy that's an eternity away Getting played by his so called friends almost every day The little boy used to smile, but it hardened into a frown Hopefully someday he can find a way to turn it around [Hook] He was just a little boy with a spectacular dream A little boy who didn't want to be picked last for the team A little boy who was cut differently at the seams A little boy who's mind was up high with the trees A little kid mixed with Latino and white Who did his best to keep his head up through his everyday fight But it was hard knowing he was the one nobody liked So he'd go home after school and just write [Verse 2] It was like an escape A way off of the plate He'd take the apple out his mouth, hoping his captors don't wake He'd take the crap out of his mind and smear it all on the page Just like a pimply teen, they would pick on his face And his asthma started getting worse, he started coughing loud They prescribed corticosteroids to try to help him out They take time to work, he would have to wait Time pa**ed and the only thing changing was his weight The steroids filled his body and his face puffed up And soon he was a balloon that didn't float because it weighed too much And everyday became a struggle just to get up and step into that cla**room with students that never let up They hate you for the videos you post and push you to the granite Angry that you act like you're the coolest person on the planet But sh** he didn't plan it He didn't even remotely feel the words he was writing in his iPhone notes But still he wrote like he was happy and co*ky and full of life but in reality he wanted to get off of that boat He understood that he was heavy, he accepted d**h And when he jumped into the frigid salt water, he felt himself sinking to the darkest of depths He reached up for the branches of the trees he knew so well but couldn't grab hold and knew he would die if he didn't get help It was hard for him but he threw away his pride and accepted that he needed help in his life And when he grabbed hold of that person that showed they actually cared, he was no longer alone in his fight And he could get back to the trees and take flight [Hook] He was a little boy that would never give up on his dreams Who didn't care if other people chose him last for the team Who accepted that he was differently cut at the seams Who's mind was up high at the tops of the trees That little monkey boy climbing branches up in the sky Who no longer feels the need to continue to hide what he's become [Bridge] He used to go and hide in the leaves But now he stands high, proud to be the boy in a tree The boy in a tree