Getting Out – Written Tuesday 15th March 1994 (Aged 19)

Getting Out

All I wanted to do was escape;
Escape far from here.
I would like to get away so fast;
I do not want anything near.
Because anything you take,
It will never last.

I do not want to die,
Even if it means a few good times—
Lingering on a cigarette
And getting high.
What do people really need?
It makes you wonder why.

Drugs are seen as the only escapism,
The only route to the sky.
Why do people need them?
Why do people use them?
It is up to you.
A weak man says yes;
A stronger man says no.
An indecisive person lives
In a state of absolute confusion;
They are only interested in the show.

James Garratt – Tuesday 15th March 1994

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