Didn't Know Better

A ripped up letter rests in the dust She didn't know better No, no, no A girl walks barefooted away From her two-story house With pastel walls Two boys Double closet And banker husband And we're all naive Walking blindfolded Pistole holes for mouths Taking aim at our own reflection She didn't know That these "musts" Weren't her needs Gradual sips of her Personal poison Her life was mapped out Years before she even met the Earth Decades of tradition At age 8, whiskey breath Her mother whispered the truth "Get out while you can My daughter, this life is toxic" And we're all naive Walking blindfolded Pistole holes for mouths Taking aim at our own reflection She didn't know That these "musts" Weren't her needs Gradual sips of her Personal poison Time got to her Deflated her curls And she did everything right Just like they told her And the day she woke up Was the day that she died To this life of masquerades And cold shoulders The beach with the stranded boat Was her choice Stepped out of her dress Waded in the water She swore that she would Never look back Down and down she went With a smile Freedom in the black And we're all naive Walking blindfolded Pistole holes for mouths Taking aim at our own reflection She didn't know That these "musts" Weren't her needs Gradual sips of her Personal poison Time got to her Deflated her curls And she did everything right Just like they told her And the day she woke up Was the day that she died To this life of masquerades And cold shoulders One who awakens gradually Out of a dream A delicious, grotesque Impossible dream To feel again the reality Pressing into her soul She didn't know better than anyone else