A Dagger Through the Heart of St. Angeles

Passing notes in Math class

Freedom wear your scars of desire
When love reached beneath her plaid jumper

Freedom wear your scars of desire
Freedom wear your scars of desire

Waiting for the 3 o'clock bell
Go
Cuts [Incomprehensible] with the sky
(So you say you're scaring me)

Conflicting impulses
Pulled out a switch blade
Scaring me
It's a coming of age story
The
(The)
Bend
Trying hard to forget that cold October day
Anxious eyes stare out of warped glass
Any notion of self-government

And drove it
(Sky)
Ties that restrict blood to the brain
When love challenged freedom to a fist fight
You're

(Bend)
Directly through the heart of St. Angeles

(And you won't be there to catch me)
Freedom looked victorious
Sky
And bleeding on the pitcher's mound
Was left by love bleeding
I've read this book before
On the pitcher's mound
But no one was expecting the outcome on that baseball diamond