When We Were Trespassers - Josephine, Josephine Oniyama

I went past that house today

The one with pictures on the walls of biker skeletons

And they had painted over them with council grey

To keep the watching children’s eyes at bay

We had free reign but nowhere to go

I think those walls held all the answers

And when we were trespassers life was so easy

We knew we could always leave

And now that I’m older, I need a reminder

To feel that I don’t have to stay

Give me something bad to look at

Now that I’m good

Bring back the dust from that old place

Put it under my skin

We had free reign but nowhere to go

I think those walls held all the answers

And when we were trespassers life was so easy

We knew we could always leave

And now that I’m older, I need a reminder

To feel that I don’t have to stay

And now that I’m older, I need a reminder

To feel that I don’t have to stay