The Faint - Fulcrum and Lever

LRC by lzh ,from jiangxi pingxiang

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I heard a bone snap

When I was only about 9

The laws of gravitation

Were in adce a while

But not long before they taught me a lesson

In tough skin jeans like a Japanese Hessian

I was 70 pounds

Learning to fly

I knew I couldn't do if I didn't try

We called it "the field"

Where we used to hang out

A field of alfalfa in the back of a house

With a slice of an old oak tree

And a twelve-foot plank

Put the board on top

We got a flying machine!

Oh my god! We can teeter on this!

Or make a lever that can shoot me

Into orbit and space!

I've seen the circus

I know how they do it

With bent knees

You got to jump

Like you would from a trampoline

We got up a ladder

And the heaviest kid (5)

He would climb up top (4)

And count down like a (3) rocket ship

To (2) fly me up

He'd get to (1) T-minus zero

(0) Before he jumped

And I was shot high in a vertical catapult

Straight up and down

I remember the view

From over top of the house

Gravity seems weak

Until you look down

I got in position

I hadn't echoed the form

If the judges were present

They'd be holding up score cards

Of 9's and 10's

I must've lost a couple points

For the landing I did

I heard a loud snap

But it didn't hurt