Find myself going in a zone
Where the world around me ceases to exist
And it’s just me in my world alone
Allowing my body to adjust
To the temporary numbness
That shoots through my veins
And flows into my system
Allowing temporary relief
From the situations at hand
Where distorted images
Become reality
And my imagination
Soars above this intoxication
Where floating on air
Seems like a mere flapping of my wings
To take off to a higher plane
Where things are a little less complicated
And pain is just a figment of the imagination
Like love lost is just another excuse for really losing in life
Yet wings don’t take flight
For these “social drugs” holding me down
Tend to bring down my inner inhibitions
And send me running for cover
So as not to show my real inner being
And allow these drugs to protect me
From the reality of life
Where I am nothing more then a human being
And everyone around me
Nothing more than the balance of it all



Social Drugs - Lauryn Hill