The pressure builds, you a gift, you're hoping that your dread will lift
It glitters on her like a glass you shudder as it comes to pass
Apologize to Luce and Lil', converse with Ed, a drive with Jill
Your friends confine you in their worlds, one by one, a string of pearls
Confuse you say, this isn't me, you hover in their unity
Ashamed, you slowly lose your grasp release the links, undo the clasp
The skin that drips down from the tree and peels back slowly from your knee
Erupts into your lung and heart, you laugh and laughing, fall apart