She graduated, left home, loose footed, and at loose ends, She flitted from job to job, stuck at the bottom rung at all of them, watching idiots succeed. She had always thought that there was something special out there for her, something she would be fantastic at, something where she would never have to listen to anybody tell her what she could and couldn't do.
She fell into looking for her grandfather's box because she had nothing better to do. She was holding down a job. She hated it, but it kept her in canned soup and instant coffee. Some nights, Alex stared at the computer screen and wished the man had died without opening his mouth and telling her it was all real.
She learned to break into places, pick locks, slip into windows, slip out again so that one day she could take it. She hung around fences and thieves for crumbs about it's whereabouts. And the first time someone asked if she wanted in on a job, she said no, but the second time she didn't hesitate.
And the next thing she knew, she was in Italy with the rag top pulled back on her stolen car and the sun pouring in around her.
And an idiot behind her short a lot of money, and an idiot partner short his take.
Filled - The Way it Starts
She graduated, left home, loose footed, and at loose ends, She flitted from job to job, stuck at the bottom rung at all of them, watching idiots succeed. She had always thought that there was something special out there for her, something she would be fantastic at, something where she would never have to listen to anybody tell her what she could and couldn't do.
She fell into looking for her grandfather's box because she had nothing better to do. She was holding down a job. She hated it, but it kept her in canned soup and instant coffee. Some nights, Alex stared at the computer screen and wished the man had died without opening his mouth and telling her it was all real.
She learned to break into places, pick locks, slip into windows, slip out again so that one day she could take it. She hung around fences and thieves for crumbs about it's whereabouts. And the first time someone asked if she wanted in on a job, she said no, but the second time she didn't hesitate.
And the next thing she knew, she was in Italy with the rag top pulled back on her stolen car and the sun pouring in around her.
And an idiot behind her short a lot of money, and an idiot partner short his take.