THE RIVER
As I walked through the valley of the shadow of LA
The footsteps that were next to me have gone their separate way
I've seen enough now
To know that beautiful things don't always stay that way
I've done enough now
To know this beautiful place isn't everything they say
The city of angels? What a joke! This place scares the shit out of me. It's full of druggies, homeless people (which I'm not one of… I'm a gypsy), and gangsters that'll probably end up killing me if I don't get out of here. That's why I was in that McDonald's for so long. Even though there were probably serial killers there, it was still safer in there then it was out there. Yet, in the morning, LA starting looking like a normal city…
I heard
That evil comes disguised
Like a city of angels
I'm walking towards the light
I always thought of LA as a beautiful safe place. Damn was I wrong! It's all disguised by the name. It sounds nice. But even staying there for day makes me want to get out of there as soon as I could. I don't wanna end up like any of these people. I don't wanna be a druggie like my mom was. I need to get out of there!
Baptized in the river
I've seen a vision of my life and I wanna be delivered
In the city was a sinner
I've done a lot of things wrong but I swear I'm a believer
Like the prodigal son
I was out on my own
Now I'm trying to find my way back home
Baptized in the river
I'm delivered
I'm delivered
Even though I stopped believing in God years ago when my life started going downhill, I started praying to him that I wouldn't die or get killed! I've stolen stuff, I ran away, and done tons of bad stuff but I'm not a bad person! I just wanna get through all this and get to someplace where I'm safe!
You're from a small town
You're gonna grow up fast
Underneath these lights
Down in Hollywood
On the boulevard
The dead come back to life
To the praying mother
And the worried father
Let your children go
If they come back they'll come home stronger
And if they don't you'll know
I don't belong in a big city like LA. I grew up in a small town halfway across the country and I haven't experienced anything this horrible since I 1st ran away and didn't get caught! Now I'm wondering… what would my mom say right now? What would my dad say? Well, I don't know what he'd say but my mom would either be shocked or too high to notice.
They say
That evil comes disguised
Like a city of angels
I'm walking towards the light
I learned from my mom that almost any evil can be disguised. For her, it was death… death disguised as "harmless" white powder, also known as, heroin. I know what it can do to a person, which is why I have to get out of here. I don't want to be my mom! I don't wanna turn into a druggie like everyone else here!
Now I'm here where it's Hell on Earth disguised as the City of Angels…
A/N: This probably sucks because I came up with it after hearing "The River" by Good Charlotte and thinking of it's meaning as literally instead of metaphorically… and I didn't give this much thought. So, read and review and tell me your thoughts on it.
DISCLAIMER: WVD owns everything having to do with 'Runaway' and Good Charlotte owns the song.