| The Box |
| Holding the box you made for me, holding the heart you gave to me, I never fully appreciated you. Seeing the corners bent so tight, seeing the corners of your eyes cry, I never truly adored you. Surrounding my moves, surrounding my nerves, cardboard all around, I felt so trapped by you. You held me in your box, you held me-- watch me push away, tear away, burst free. Watch me claw at the face that was only stroked and kissed by me. I'll scratch at your tape, I'll wear out your sides, I can't be kept from breaking out, I'm on my way from the box. All closed up in a corner I made myself, all tired and nauseated, I pushed all around on the sides. Not knowing whether I liked it or not, not knowing where or when to lift the lid and escape. Worried and sick I felt so dead, worried and sick, I couldn't even sleep. You held me in your box, you held me-- watch me push away, tear away, burst free. Watch me claw at the face that was only stroked and kissed by me. I'll scratch at your tape, I'll wear out your sides, I can't be kept from breaking out, I'm on my way from the box. Hold me close, I push away, say you love me, watch my back as it leaves you. No matter what you do to me, no matter what you give to me, I keep away. I will leave you behind, I will throw your messages in the trash. Whatever you'll say to me, whatever you think you mean to me, I'll ignore. |
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| You held me in your box, you held me-- watch me push away, tear away, burst free. Watch me claw at the face that was only stroked and kissed by me. I'll scratch at your tape, I'll wear out your sides, I can't be kept from breaking out, I'm on my way from the box. Keep your bird flying free, she does much better out of her cage, so she can sing. Forget you ever knew her voice, forget you ever saw her skin, she ignores you. She tried to fight the gilded walls, she tried to get away from it all, and she won. You held me in your box, you held me-- then watched me push away, tear away, burst free. Watched me claw at the face that was only stroked and kissed by me. I scratched at your tape, I wore out your sides, I couldn't be kept from breaking out, I'm all away from the box. |
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