A long time agonRight down the walknA boy carried a very heavy rocknin his pocketnWherever he wentnWherever he ran,nHowever he bent.nIt hurt his necknand it hurt his side.nIt hurt his backnand it hurt his pride.nIt never really went away.nThe rock was stucknand there to stay.nnThe rock was always well concealed.nIt was too big to be revealed.nNobody knew or had any clue.nThe boy made sure that nobody knew.nnHe'd seen this rock in a pocket beforenCrush a spirit and slam a door.nIt was horribly hard to see.nA normal kid he wanted to be.nAs he grew he found outnWhat this rock was all about.nUnder the doormat it was broomed.nThe boy was determined not to be doomed.nAlthought it was true it was a taboo.nThe boy made sure that nobody knew.nAlthought it was true it was a taboo.nThe boy made sure that nobody knew.nnWell this rock got in the waynof things that people do everyday.nThe boy felt downright all alone.nHe watched TV and talked on the phone.nIt never gave him any satisfactionnbut either way it was a distractionnand helped him get through the day.nHe'd obsess rather than playnGrasp on to what was in reach,nalways learn but never teach.nnLearnin' slow,nfeelin' behind,nthe flashlight workednbut never shined.nThe flashlight worked but never shined.nThe flashlight worked but never shined.nnLittle black brief casenStomach churnnLittle black brief casenWon't you burn?nnPlayin' enforcer gets real oldnWhen you got a rock that you gotta hold.nIt gets real old when you're people pleasin',nYa don't get much so what's the reason?nSooner or later you'll have to talk.nYou'll have to talk or you'll go nutsnOpen the door before it shuts.nYou'll have to talk or you'll go nutsnOpen the door before it shuts.nThe boy knew this and opened the door.nFrom the ceiling to the floornA window stood he could not look through.nA window stood he could not look through.nHe could not look through: it was insanitynDespair, and true calamity.nnSo he grabbed that rock right from his pocketnand launched it like a missile rocketnthrough the window so he could seenand breath the air that he needed to breathe.nSo he grabbed that rock right from his pocketnand launched it like a missile rocketnthrough the window so he could seenand breath the air that he needed to breathe.nnSo he grabbed that rock right from his pocketnand launched it like a missile rocketnthrough the window so he could seenand breath the air that he needed to breathe.nnA long time agonRight down the walknA boy carried a very heavy rock.