When someone tells you who they are, you'd better believe em
When someone tells you who they are, you better believe em
When someone tells you you're worthless, don't try to deceive them
Just say if that's how you're feeling then I'm fucking leaving

Your armor makes you weaker
You go out looking for a battle and I bet you've always found it
Cause now I know the secret
The only power you have's when the wall's already down
But I bought the illusion, got lost in confusion
I'd pocket my two cents, and all just to prove that
I knew how to suffer well
Disregarded the clues that were obvious to
Anybody who ever met you
I'd argue dispute any charges they drew
Oh my god this is stupid cause
I don't wanna suffer well
And fuck you for asking
I've never been perfect but I've been happy
But I guess your crown of thorns is still a crown, huh?
Any way to make sure that you're always looking down huh?
With a head so full of shit-you can hardly hear a sound huh?
You ain't Atlas bitch, you're Narcissus - fuck yourself and drown
Cause it won't be long before we all know what you know
And the world takes a match to its leech
But there's hardly a move
When the wrongs that you do
Put up walls to the truth
So appalled at the news
That the scars and abuse
You wrote off as good news
Were just heartless and crude
Just a coffin, a tomb
From this god misconstrued
That sounds awfully like you
The J. Cochrane of pews
Who was liable to use
Any lies and pursuit
Just to hide and excuse
All the nonsense that's spewed
All designed to reduce
Beating hearts to mere fumes
No more fire or fuel
No more spark in the gloom
Just a darkness that looms
I could honestly puke at the thought of you
Screw you from all of us who have been caught in your noose, fuck
It all feels like a flashback
But this pen's emotional hazmat
That'll take more shots than a lab rat
Til it's not just after the fall that we understand that

When someone tells you who they are, you'd better believe em
When someone tells you who they are, you better believe em
When someone tells you you're worthless, don't try to deceive them
Just say if that's how you're feeling then I'm fucking leaving

Mama told me not to worry about the sparkle in your eyes
Keep my hands out of your pockets and my tongue away from lies
So I kissed you on the first date
When I probably should've tried
To recognize that you were flying flags I could never abide
Still you fly em, got me hanging out here sideways
With my tinted rosy shades
What do you say to all the silence
We're too safe to coincide
Too dangerous, too arrogant
Too much like bourbon over ice
Let me inside, I'll keep you warm
I'll light your fire, I frighten easily
I think that's why I rushed to say I love you
Cause you came on strong and then cooled off
Scared me, you called me special
Call me perfect, told me everything that
I've ever done was worth it
You're the only certain circus
Cut the act I think I've heard it
Shit you hurt me, why'd you grab me quite so roughly
Let go, I love you baby
Don't run out the door abruptly
Slam the damn thing, never slam the doors
I hear my mother speaking
If you're angry when she hurts you
Change the tone with which you're pleading
Don't be needy, don't have needs
Don't ask for things
You spent the week's allotted cash on cigarettes instead of dreams
You're such a fucking piece of trash
Now how are we supposed to last
She never really wants an answer
Just some noises while she packs
I guess I told her that was that and
Then I found someone else to ask
But I won't come back, no I won't be back
No, I won't come back, You gotta see that
I gotta get right, keep my chin up high
Turn the left cheek when you slap my right
Clench my teeth but you won't see me cry
Release all the anger that I kept inside
You'll always cast shadows when you're in the light
Trying to keep my head straight late at night and
I don't believe the things that you believe about me
No, I don't wanna die
Still, it's a grind, left foot right foot
Til I get to where I'm going
Never knowing where I'm headed
Pushed by winds wherever blowing
Time keeps pushing on
One second per second later, accelerator
Forward progress is still progress;
If you meet a girl you don't have to date her
Still, I bet I'll find me a woman who doesn't hate my stinking guts
A person who can express their love
Without anybody getting slugged
A person who might chase me down the road
In the winter when the air is getting cold
To make sure I've got my winter coat
If I'm ugly hurting they'll pull me close
Maybe they'll bring coffee to my desk or
Write me notes or tell me yes
They'd love to meet my folks and friends
We're more than friends, I almost know
But I don't need your new edition
I add up to something great
Any person who can count their stars
Can always change their fate
And I don't say shit just to say it
I'm not praying, I'm not basic
This ain't a cry for help, I'm patient
I won't let myself get complacent
I don't need your definition, hopes and dreams, or conversation
I could give a damn about you, if anything it's motivation
I'm gon make it out of this neighborhood
The whole damn world can hear me say it
I'm cool AF
Go fuck yourself
If you have any questions, just replay this