It's the greatest thing you'd ever imagine

My voice is soft, my hands shake,

I never thought that

Talk to the mirror, choke back tears, and keep telling yourself

This would be the way a knife felt when it danced

Against flesh

Dancing’s not a crime unless you do it without me

And I remember the way her hand felt on mine and

G-d be damned but I would give anything for the way

Her rough skin felt on my scars-

Remember your youth in all that you do

But right here, right now, I’m

Alone, I’m always alone-

I could kid myself in thinking that I'm fine

I always hurt and your words are

Your words are knives and often leave scars

The only thing that doesn’t cut me down to the bone,

Your words are butter knives through me, and

Set yourself on fire

If I could just let go, get out of

My head, I’d be fine but I’m

Worse than nicotine

Stuck in this, I’m

I'm too tired

Not the person I see in the mirror, I’m

Leave me alone

Trapped, stuck,

Daughter, her,

Just leave me

Alone.