I know you. 

muted. muffled. manufactured.

Watching your eyes shift around the room, I see what your soul NEEDS.

A gift or a curse it may be. 

Either way,

I know you. 

Maternal. mournful. meager. 

Feeling your insecurities as my own, I use my love to pick your pocket. 

I've stolen you from yourself, you see? 

I told you,

I know you. 

Managable. mousy. maliable. 

Hearing you sob and sniffle like a slug, I turn you against yourself. 

I can't be to blame for your sensitivity.

Surprise, 

You don't know me.

Malicious. mad. mediocre.

Smelling the fear all over your tired body,

I make you my puppet.

You can't run with such tired feet. 

Did you really think

You knew me? 

Manipulating. menacing. malignant.

I can taste the defeat on your weakened tongue, as I kiss away your last bit of self.

Me before you.

You get it?

I know you. 

I know you. 

muted. muffled. manufactured.

Watching your eyes shift around the room, I see what your soul NEEDS.

A gift or a curse it may be. 

Either way,

I know you. 

Maternal. mournful. meager. 

Feeling your insecurities as my own, I use my love to pick your pocket. 

I've stolen you from yourself, you see? 

I told you,

I know you. 

Managable. mousy. maliable. 

Hearing you sob and sniffle like a slug, I turn you against yourself. 

I can't be to blame for your sensitivity.

Surprise, 

You don't know me.

Malicious. mad. mediocre.

Smelling the fear all over your tired body,

I make you my puppet.

You can't run with such tired feet. 

Did you really think

You knew me? 

Manipulating. menacing. malignant.

I can taste the defeat on your weakened tongue, as I kiss away your last bit of self.

Me before you.

You get it?

I know you. 

I know you. 

muted. muffled. manufactured.

Watching your eyes shift around the room, I see what your soul NEEDS.

A gift or a curse it may be. 

Either way,

I know you. 

Maternal. mournful. meager. 

Feeling your insecurities as my own, I use my love to pick your pocket. 

I've stolen you from yourself, you see? 

I told you,

I know you. 

Managable. mousy. maliable. 

Hearing you sob and sniffle like a slug, I turn you against yourself. 

I can't be to blame for your sensitivity.

Surprise, 

You don't know me.

Malicious. mad. mediocre.

Smelling the fear all over your tired body,

I make you my puppet.

You can't run with such tired feet. 

Did you really think

You knew me? 

Manipulating. menacing. malignant.

I can taste the defeat on your weakened tongue, as I kiss away your last bit of self.

Me before you.

You get it?

I know you. 

I know you. 

muted. muffled. manufactured.

Watching your eyes shift around the room, I see what your soul NEEDS.

A gift or a curse it may be. 

Either way,

I know you. 

Maternal. mournful. meager. 

Feeling your insecurities as my own, I use my love to pick your pocket. 

I've stolen you from yourself, you see? 

I told you,

I know you. 

Managable. mousy. maliable. 

Hearing you sob and sniffle like a slug, I turn you against yourself. 

I can't be to blame for your sensitivity.

Surprise, 

You don't know me.

Malicious. mad. mediocre.

Smelling the fear all over your tired body,

I make you my puppet.

You can't run with such tired feet. 

Did you really think

You knew me? 

Manipulating. menacing. malignant.

I can taste the defeat on your weakened tongue, as I kiss away your last bit of self.

Me before you.

You get it?

I know you. 

I know you. 

muted. muffled. manufactured.

Watching your eyes shift around the room, I see what your soul NEEDS.

A gift or a curse it may be. 

Either way,

I know you. 

Maternal. mournful. meager. 

Feeling your insecurities as my own, I use my love to pick your pocket. 

I've stolen you from yourself, you see? 

I told you,

I know you. 

Managable. mousy. maliable. 

Hearing you sob and sniffle like a slug, I turn you against yourself. 

I can't be to blame for your sensitivity.

Surprise, 

You don't know me.

Malicious. mad. mediocre.

Smelling the fear all over your tired body,

I make you my puppet.

You can't run with such tired feet. 

Did you really think

You knew me? 

Manipulating. menacing. malignant.

I can taste the defeat on your weakened tongue, as I kiss away your last bit of self.

Me before you.

You get it?

I know you. 

Strewn across disheveled sheets,

our limbs still entangled.

The smell of your skin

still lingering on my fingertips.

Sunday mornings will forever belong

to you and me.

I wasn't.

Then I was.

everything I thought I wanted to be.

everything they said it would take,

I did it.

but even then,

I wasn't.

still invisible, still less than, still mediocre.

until I wasn't.

I was.

I am.

my biggest fan, my cheerleader, my support.

It was me all along.

I became the butterfly I always wanted to be,

when I stopped living for them

and started living for me.