YOU [YOU]

you knew what i wanted you knew what i wanted you knew that i needed you (YOU) disrespected it’s okay i get it im not your cup of tea slightly neglected expensive roof over my head but can anyone ever really hear me send me 20 dollars money made me your daughter but do you know how to be a friend? 18 years is what you offer as i get barely get taller you’ll push me away again dyed hair black smokey eye high heels ill still take the drive i don’t wanna look like you overestimated my blessings i deserved a shorter sentence these prison walls were built by you (YOU) five kids inspires team effort numb when it seemed you could never see why i never got along handmedown knit sweaters no one ever taught me better anger ends with holes in the wall salvation didn’t speak like a symphony hearts hollow ive been told what to believe thinking straight and sitting pretty what makes a lovely bride oh i hate our house mirrors broken body never looked so clear and my own human i don’t ever see or recognize dyed hair black smokey eye high heels hate when you would drive scream and keep me in the corner (YOU) overestimated my blessings over analyze every sentence grew up fast before you made me colder (YOU) medicine take three a day pharmacies gave me subtle faith when i lost all hope in the sun consistent kindness is killing me it’s not how Jesus said it would be but he never had to get to know a gun my family’s metaphor internal tattoos ice cold, imprinted i love yous whose gonna save you now cause i can’t stay? crashing waves i can’t break or think through long lost prayers just sent to save you screaming to the sky didnt feel like it saved me dyed hair black smokey eye, high heels at home id hide i don’t have enough energy to argue (YOU) you taught that bare minimums a blessing you deserved a shorter sentence when these same exact prison walls were first built for you (YOU) you knew what i wanted you knew what i wanted (FOR YOU) you knew that i needed you (YOU) i don’t know you i don’t know you i don’t know (YOU) you knew you knew you knew you knew you knew you knew you knew you knew you knew (YOU)