Ripened & Consumed

[Verse 1]
Send me to the frontline
Lookin' like I want somebody else
Maybe then I'll know how
We be gettin' high-class and uptight

'Cause all you do is sit and stare
Fillin' up the spaces (uh-huh)
The mind, your word
The sounds you learned
Back in the day, you say
When we've all been trained

[Pre-Chorus]
Tie me up or keep me breathin'
As you hide behind your walls of freedom

[Chorus]
'Cause you'll know soon
Glad through and through
The ripened and consumed

Oh, it's just a phase
A phase we're goin' through
(?)
The sign's been down for days

Oh, it's just a phase

[Verse 2]
I could never leave here
Takin' out the trash on every rule
Pacin' up the concrete
Facin' up the forfeit school
When I'm full

I haven't found a better (?)
We're callin' on complacent (uh-huh)
But backed into a world of views
Lost in the shuffle, maybe
When we've all been changed

[Pre-Chorus]
Tie me up or keep me breathin'
As you hide behind your walls of freedom

[Chorus]
'Cause you'll know soon
Glad through and through
The ripened and consumed

Oh, it's just a phase
A phase we're goin' through
(?)
The sign's been down for days

Oh, it's just a phase

Oooh, but I was colder when I was young
Tried to keep from hangin' on
So I've been (?)
Ooh, you can't help me
Tell my love (?)
(?) conscious ways

A subtle smile
For all is said and done for all
Who've come and gone

[Guitar and electric piano fade-out]