I ran down Academy road
  With broken shoes 
 Scratched face and bruised shoulders 
 Some people shrugged and said ''who knew?'' but you didn't  No, you would ask why
 And I created stories 
 Terrified of exposure
 I created the most ridiculous distractions
 I left this town never having told the truth      I remember you running after me waving 
Calling my name 
I ran and cried and hid, and you never found me 
I sobbed in the bushes right up until you gave up 
Proud of myself for being inpenetratable 
But heartbroken that i had been successful  
I tried burning down the science block
Now known as a troublemaking kid 
and not as the girl with broken shoes, black eyes
The girl who cries on her own 
Disdainfully they looked down at me as a lost cause 
I found comfort in that nobody would find out about me
But you still tried 

So I ran down Academy Road
You chased after me and asked again 
I turned around and lied
In my mind I was screaming for release 
Screaming the truth 
But my face was grinning  the most hellish grin 
I called you names, the nastiest I could think of
Honing in on your insecurities like a sniper 
Picking them off one by one 
Reducing you to shock, then to heartbreak, then to tears 
A special ability that runs in the family
All whilst my mind watched me from above
Horrified at the massacre I was comitting
and you gave up after then 
I went home to my rotton house, triumphant 
Cold, hurt, unfed
I couldn't believe what I had done 
But part of me felt like I had no choice
I would be in this house forever and nobody would ever find out
It's just how it has to be 
Maybe one day I will walk Academy Road again
This time as a bearer of truth
Understand I was just a child 
And that although you never knew me
I will always remember the fact you tried to get to know me
And that alone I will remember for life