Flecks Lyrics

Crouched under my desk

Counting the strands in the carpet

Surrounded by my friends

The carpet's mainly blue

With flecks of green and red

The drill will only last a few moments

My parents said

They loved me before I left for school this morning

Though they begged for me to stay

As I got on the bus

I heard the radio station play a warning

Though they urged me not to worry

So I counted the flecks of snow as they fell by my window

One, two, three, four

Five, six, seven, eight

Nine, ten, eleven, twelve

Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen

My teacher said

That there was no reason to worry

She had gone through worse when she was 10

So I cover my neck under the desk

And count the strands in the carpet

And wait for the drill to end

One, two, three, four

Five, six, seven, eight

Nine, ten, eleven, twelve

Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen

Seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty

Twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four

But the light through the window gets brighter and brighter

And the carpet turns from navy to baby blue

And the counting gets louder and louder

And the crying begins and gets louder and louder

I open my lungs to breathe

A million flecks of glass and dust enter me

But I keep on counting

Seconds until someone saves me

Mother, father someone save me

Brother, sister someone save me

Classmate, teacher someone save me

Firefighters come please save me

I can't keep on counting, counting

I can't keep on breathing, breathing

I can't save me, I can't save me