Take me down
Without a sound
A silent drown
I surrender now
Trauma is a time bomb ticking in reverse
(Take me down)
It starts with an end, the explosion is the first
(Without a sound)
And my life is trying to recall what's worse
(A silent drown)
Dying from the pain or living with the hurt
(I surrender now)
Cage me in a secret
Listen to me sing
Lock me in your fingers
Clip my broken wings
I trusted you to have my back
Instead you stabbed me in the back
My survival is a code
That you could never crack
Cage me in a secret
Listen to me sing
Lock me in your fingers
Clip my broken wings
I trusted you to have my back
Instead you stabbed me in the back
My survival is a code
That you could never crack
This is how I died in a past life
Underwater tragedy in moonlight
That's the little gift that you gave me
The whole time calling me your baby
It's all in metaphors
What do I use them for
Coded conversation
I could never talk about it
I'd be better off without it
This twisted revelation
You and me we're not the same
In the ways we do our pain
I'd never let it transfer
Violently on someone else
We already live in hell:
A question with no answer
Trauma is a time bomb ticking in reverse
(Take me down)
It starts with an end, the explosion is the first
(Without a sound)
And my life is trying to recall what's worse
(A silent drown)
Dying from the pain or living with the hurt
(I surrender now)
Cage me in a secret
Listen to me sing
Lock me in your fingers
Clip my broken wings
I trusted you to have my back
Instead you stabbed me in the back
My survival is a code
That you could never crack
Cage me in a secret
Listen to me sing
Lock me in your fingers
Clip my broken wings
I trusted you to have my back
Instead you stabbed me in the back
My survival is a code
That you could never crack
Asked you a thousand times to stay
Then you packed up and got on your plane
Iām not the one to go chasing fools like that
Iām not the bitch you wanna treat like that
Diaspora lover
Where are you going
Coast-to-coast exit
Once our feelings start showing
Is strength too much for you?
Is femme too much for you?
Is love too much for you?
My love is too much for you
I donāt have a homeland
I donāt have a love
I donāt have much choice
Except for all of the above
These boys and these borders
Love to leave me lonely
How dare you get the world
Then say Iām your one and only
(I see imaginary lines
I see imaginary lies)
I donāt have a homeland
I donāt have a love
I donāt have much choice
Except for all of the above
These boys and these borders
Love to leave me lonely
How dare you get the world
Then say Iām your one and only
Too young to die
Too old to know why
We run and hide
From borders in the sky
Imaginary lines
Imaginary lies
Got our hands tied
Canāt even say goodbye
Diaspora lover
Where are you going
Coast-to-coast exit
Once our feelings start showing
Is strength too much for you?
Is femme too much for you?
Is love too much for you?
My love is too much for you
I donāt have a homeland
I donāt have a love
I donāt have much choice
Except for all of the above
These boys and these borders
Love to leave me lonely
How dare you get the world
Then say Iām your one and only
(I see imaginary lines
I see imaginary lies)
I donāt have a homeland
I donāt have a love
I donāt have much choice
Except for all of the above
These boys and these borders
Love to leave me lonely
How dare you get the world
Then say Iām your one and only
Diaspora lover
Where are you going
Coast-to-coast exit
Once our feelings start showing
Is strength too much for you?
Is femme too much for you?
Is love too much for you?
My love is too much for you
I pray for my father
I pray for my mother
I pray for you my diaspora lover
To gods that you claim
Have long since stopped listening
But only you can undo
Your own christening
I forgive you,
For the things that youāve done
But I know that we cannot be the only ones
Who seek solace in others cuz weāre tryna heal
Lo siento I canāt help the way that I feel
I; wanna be someone you can turn to
But I think I might have to learn to
Walk this road alone in the meantime
But in the end will I be fine?
I donāt know but I have hope
I donāt know but I have hope
I donāt know but I have hope
I donāt know but I have hope
Close your eyes
I really wanna see you
Make it out alive
At least this time
Eyes on the prize
Itās all overwhelming just to try
And stay alive
So for tonight
I know the world is so rough
People donāt know what they do
Kill us and call us names
Bruised bodies me and you
For now letās just forget them
For once letās get some sleep
Under the covers of tonight
Maybe weāll find relief
I know the world is so rough
People donāt know what they do
Kill us and call us names
Bruised bodies me and you
For now letās just forget them
For once letās get some sleep
Under the covers of tonight
Maybe weāll find relief
Nobody can promise forever
And I wanna promise you this life
But someone broke me long ago
Now nobody can fix me right
Nobody can promise forever
And I wanna promise you this life
But someone broke me long ago
Now nobody can fix me right
Iām not as strong as I used to be
Sickness has come over me
And I donāt wanna infect you with it
Dangers inflict more conflict
Donāt want you to know
Why I'm hurting
I see my past when I look at your
Face
It just kills me babe
Iām just so afraid
Of how I need you babe
Should we beat the odds?
Should we rise above?
Fear was just a question
My answer is love
Nobody can promise forever
(Promise... forever)
And I wanna promise you this life
(You... life)
But someone broke me long ago
(Broke meā¦ go)
Now nobody can fix me right
(Fix me... right)
Nobody can promise forever
(Promise... forever)
And I wanna promise you this life
(You... life)
But someone broke me long ago
(Broke meā¦ go)
Now nobody can fix me right
(Fix me... right)
I stay on my own
Havenāt gotten sleep yet
Climbing to the top
Wonder if Iāll meet ya
Didnāt wanna go there
Didnāt wanna at all
Waiting to fall
Our hearts say it all
Is it āI love youā
We failed to perform
And I run away
Can you take it babe?
Why you wanna stay?
Can you take it babe?
Iām not the girl I used to be
Not so clear now
You cannot see
Nobody can promise forever
(Promise... forever)
And I wanna promise you this life
(You... life)
But someone broke me long ago
(Broke meā¦ go)
Now nobody can fix me right
(Fix me... right)
Nobody can promise forever
(Promise... forever)
And I wanna promise you this life
(You... life)
But someone broke me long ago
(Broke meā¦ go)
Now nobody can fix me right
(Fix me... right)
Is it āI love youā?
Or is it the end?
Is it āI love youā?
And can we begin?
Canāt steer proper
Drive outside the lines
Iām so ugly
That I just need to die
4 in the morning
Iāve forgotten how to cry
Somebody hit me
āCause I just need to die
Look in the mirror
Nothing gets clearer
Shattered reflections
Broke intersections
Look in the mirror
Nothing gets clearer
Shattered reflections
Broke intersections
They say boo like it's scary
Undesirable to death
Keep em at bay like a ferry
Hideous til my last breath
So romantic on this careless wheel
Undesirable to death
Spin me round just for the thrill
Hideous til my last breath
All the normies stare at me
In my gender on the street
Shut the fuck up
Get your eyes off me
Shut the fuck up
With your white supremacy
Shut the fuck up
Give my friends the currency
Will I make it?
Oh god weāll see
Will we make it?
Oh god weāll see
Will we make it, baby?
Hopefully
Look in the mirror
Nothing gets clearer
Shattered reflections
Broke intersections
Look in the mirror
Nothing gets clearer
Shattered reflections
Broke intersections
They say boo like it's scary
Undesirable to death
Keep em at bay like a ferry
Hideous til my last breath
So romantic on this careless wheel
Undesirable to death
Spin me round just for the thrill
Hideous til my last breath
The sidewalk leads to a rainbow
The rainbow leads to no gold
Seattle so cold
And hangovers
I treat like do-overs
Water splash on me (skrrrt)
Range Rovers
I ain't sober enough
This layover
Hung up on payolla
I know it, they saying so
I see you ain't laying low
I'm riding or kill me slow
If they find me come take me now
'cause they already took my soul
They say boo like it's scary
Undesirable to death
Keep em at bay like a ferry
Hideous til my last breath
So romantic on this careless wheel
Undesirable to death
Spin me round just for the thrill
Hideous til my last breath
Undesirable to death
Hideous til my last breath
Undesirable to death
Hideous til my last breath
Am I never enough
Am I never enough
Am I gonna give up
Am I gonna give up
Don't give up now
Don't give up now
Don't give up now
Don't give up now
Cuz I need you in this life
And you need me in this life
Don't give up now
Don't give up now
Don't give up now
Don't give up now
Cuz I need you in this life
And you need me in this life
You've already won
You've already won
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