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Melody


Don’t you love to know

You’re invisible 

Expendable 

Unlovable 

Completely unwanted 

And replaceable 

 

Don’t you love hearing 

How they’re hating you

Telling you 

Treating you

 Like you’re nothing 

Cause you’re nothing new

 

Baby I’ve played this game

I’ve seen the end 

And around the bend

You can’t handle it

Knowing that

Somehow

You did this

To her

 

She hides pretty lines 

And tears

With pretty little lies

And mirrors

Her clothes start to slip

Along with her self control 

 

Her hands shake too much 

To cut straight

 She slides the needle 

Under her skin

To balance out

To take away

The pain

 

Baby I’ve played this game

It’s close to the end 

And around the bend

It’s taking names

Can you handle it 

As she slips

 

The blades cutting deeper

The needles getting fuller

She keeps getting thinner 

 

She hides pretty little lines 

And tears

With pretty little lies

And mirrors

She’s fighting for the will 

To live

Trying not to give in

To all her pain

 

What was it you gain

A smile

A laugh 

But you thought it was a game

 

You gave this girl 

no reason to live 

Smile

Breathe

Get up and go

 

So now you finally know

How this game really goes

You helped her end her life

 

Now it’s time end this

Play safe with your knife

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