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ROOF Lyrics by Odd Metrist

GRAYSON

2020

Single serving plastic cereal cup
1% milk carton, sugar packet from the coffee station
Ten strangers
Ankle monitor beeping through group meditation
Monday night football on the TV, commercials for alcohol and drugs
I sat so close to the screen like a kid
Trying to forget where I was
When we call your name come get your Trazodone
They let us stay up past bedtime to watch the end of the game
Waiting my turn for the phone. The chord comically short
I stood facing the wall listening to the dial tone
Your voice distorted asking me when they think I’ll be able to come home
I’m so grateful that I wasn’t alone
Said at this point he pretty much lives on his own
Said not a lot of people stick with you when you’re addiction prone
I sit in my room; I don’t feel like writing
When the counselor comes in I feel like lying
I answer questions like a wire tapped. I feel tired but I can’t relax
When the panic attacks I don’t feel like fighting back

I snuck onto the roof. Just for the view, I promise
And to be honest I thought about it, but then I thought about you
I snuck onto the roof

The chair told us every morning he pray
Say he loves this job more than anything in the world
But he prays that work calls and says “hey you don’t need to come in today
“There’s no one here.”

(Would anyone like to share?)

Lady sitting next to me said she’s trying to get sober
To bring her and her kids closer
She’s got grandbabies that don’t even know her
Her son-in-law won’t let her speak to her daughter. She trying to get sober
She don’t know how, begging God to show her. She really, really wanna
But she’s get so lonely–can’t even talk to her daughter
So she wanders back to the bar because there’s girls there her daughter’s age
And they all call her mama. It makes her feel like a mom
Sometimes you make friends, but wake up and they’re gone
IOP, didn’t show up all week
I asked the counselor where she was even though I know she couldn't tell us
Then I just sat and watched her eyes well up

And I snuck onto the roof. Just for the view, I promise
And to be honest I thought about it, but then I thought about you
I snuck onto the roof. Just for the view, I promise
And to be honest I thought about it, but then I thought about you
I snuck onto the roof. Just for the view, I promise
And to be honest I thought about it, but then I thought about you
I snuck onto the roof. Just for the view, I promise
And to be honest I thought about it, but then I thought about you
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Odd Metrist

Odd Metrist

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Read the complete lyrics to "ROOF" by Odd Metrist from the album "GRAYSON" in 2020. On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under Rap.

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"ROOF" appears on "GRAYSON" in 2020.

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