The Nineties

[Chorus]
On the list of things that just might kill me
You're right behind quicksand in the nineties, baby
With a lot of things that never will be
It's like a minefield
Stay on the line, please, baby
Stay on the line, please
Stay on the line, please

[Verse 1]
Sometimes, always, I get nervous
Always something out to hurt us
Sticks and stones can break my bones
But words, they hurt
Lightning strikes, it's been a long time
It's my fault, I'm on a fault line
Take the blame, of course, it's all mine
It gеts worse

[Chorus]
On the list of things that just might kill me
You'rе right behind quicksand in the nineties, baby
With a lot of things that never will be
It's like a minefield
Stay on the line, please, baby
Stay on the line, please
Stay on the line, please

[Post-Chorus]
Check behind the curtain
Open up the back seat
Check for strangers
Unfamiliar persons
Yet another, lastly
Plan for danger

[Verse 2]
Standing when I should be running
Crying out but no one's coming
Mouth full of blood, I feel nothing
Fight or flight, I find I'm freezing
Two steps forward, I stop breathing
Paralyzed by lies, but leaving hurts the most

[Chorus]
On the list of things that just might kill me
You're right behind quicksand in the nineties, baby
With a lot of things that never will be
It's like a minefield
Stay on the line please, baby

[Post-Chorus]
Check behind the curtain
Open up the back seat
Check for strangers
Unfamiliar persons
Yet another, lastly
Plan for danger

[Bridge]
Matters of exposure
What you don't know now
Will hurt you later
Oxygen, mask down
Help yourself now
Or you can't help you later

[Outro]
On the list of things that just might kill me
You're right behind quicksand in the nineties
Carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide
Having a breakdown, having to lay down
Waiting on read
While running a red light
Holes in the ozone
Calls from the home phone
Unanswered texts and sudden deafness
Deadly diseases
Everyone leaving
Everyone leaving, everyone leaving