The community is rising against me
I felt it coming when I was young
The bitterness of the eyeliner smiles
and the sucking of their teeth

Grabbing you by the tail is nothing these days
i'm starting to think I can only communicate with cats, maybe even stars or something like that

I close my emotions and draw myself inward
you want torcher?
I'll show you raw abortion
no painkillers this time
I will become a pet to your enemy
make sure to call my name at least once a day
I may not remember you otherwise

I'm sleeping on gradient dust and dreaming on red star love
cast a shadow and let me down
I'm spinning cartwheels underground

My name isn't justified in this world
and here i thought it was hard enough, being a girl
never mind high school
you're twenties or teens
it's growing up that bites down deep
I lost your expression on a pretty girl
I'm still waiting to find myself in this world.

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