How Red Sneakers Changed My Life

How do you get to a point in your life where you don't feel anything anymore? The numbness is no longer intriguing; it's as much a part of you as your emotions used to be, and you can't remember a time before it. You wonder what it was like to FEEL. To feel a hot rush of overwhelming happiness, sweeping away all else. Or the crushing disappointment that made you feel your life was ending and the sky was falling, all at once. Now, however, the days shuffle by quietly, and you can barely recall the undulating waves of emotion that you once rode. If the doctors were to check your ECG, you feel sure it would be nothing but a flat line of emptiness. Nothing bothers you, nothing surprises you, nothing fazes you in the least. And you can't help but wonder if this is peace in the true sense of the word, or something more sinister. 

I walked a minute in your shoes They never would've fit I figured there's nothing to lose I need to get Some perspective on these words Before I write them down, You're an island and my ship has run aground I swam across, I jumped across for you Oh what a thing to do 'cos you were all yellow Your skin, oh yeah, your skin and bones turn into Something beautiful. Do you know, you know My wish for you is that this life becomes all that you want it to Your dreams stay big, your worries stay small You never need to carry more than you can hold And when you're out there getting where you're getting to I hope you know somebody loves you And wants the same things too Because I'm gonna lose you, yeah I'm gonna lose you. If I'm gonna lose you, I'll lose you now for good. There's always something in the way, There's always something getting through It's not me, it's you. It's all I kno