the awakening - tljg

traffic light juggler girl (tljg) (by deav)
Rio, Abr 2003
(the awakening)

look at her
she’s throwing balls in the air
she’s not very good
but she could be worse at her age
this city is a circus
but who’s the clown here?
who’s the beast locked up in a cage?

you fear her you’d better do
what harm could a child do?
but her fear is bigger and it’s not of you
but of the eyes that watch in a distance
watching you too

you’re just passing by, acclimatized
but she has to stay
there’s no way out for her
only those that take her, stigmatized
to dark alleys and stinking rooms

better stay under the three way lights
like sad spotlights on an open stage
to a show no-one stays long enough to watch

then the bride passes by in a metal chariot
the closer to a fairy tale that she’ll ever get
and in a magical moment
they exchange tears and smiles
and it’s just like they’re just two girls, period

and the traffic light juggler girl
watches as the dream goes other ways
never to realize
that a couple of crystals on the bridal gown
could buy her food for a couple of days

and the flying balls fall down…

(the fucking hypocrite who wrote this song
but never did a single thing…)

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