Ryan Schmidt

Ten Days

Ryan Schmidt


10 days left and I don't know why 
I ever felt the need to fly 
Down the highway that Wednesday night

9 days left and I'm home alone 
My parents won't pick up 
The goddamn phone 
Because they're disappointed 
In the prodigal son

8 days left and I'm spent working 
Off the money that I spent doing 
Stupid things never cost me anything

Slow down, slow down, slow down, slow down
Because life passes you by faster
With every mile per hour you go

7 days left and that just week 
I never knew I could feel so weak 
From doing nothing yet 
Everything never wanted to do

6 days left and I'm still alive 
When I wake up tomorrow it'll five 
And five will melt into 4 more reasons 
Why I never learned to swim

4 scores and 7 years ago 
Our founding fathers 
Had a desire to know 
What penalties lay awaiting 
For an unsuspecting self-respecting boy

Slow Down, slow down, slow down, slow down
Because life passes you by faster
With every mile per hour you go

3 days left now and I'm riding 
My Gary Fisher everywhere I go 
Taking the slow road 
Is always worth your wait in gold

2 days left and I'm starving 
Starving from what I can't decide 
Will my hunger fade with the sunset 
And the rising tide?

1 day left and I can almost 
Smell cucumber melon in your hair 
As you knowingly stare at a familiar face 
As replace your thoughts 

Of what a bad person I really am
Of what horrible person I am
Cause faster spells disaster
In a language known to many hearts 
Grown with regret
And if you consider yourself wise
My story you shall never forget