don't trust nobody
she tells me this as a confidant
it is helpful, kind, protective
they will set you up
screw you over,they don't care
don't you tell them a word
if you want to survive here
you keep your mouth shut, tight
no one here has your back
i nod, cringe, tilt my head so-so
yes i understand, yes I get your point
but I need to speak to people...
...as people, i need conversation
survival is not my sole path of being
not anymore at least
how can i make you stop?
each word is venomous and souring
i hate each syllable spit out
is it my naiveté that hurts me
is jaded and suspicious the adult lens
just a child still in barely-adult clothing?
oh i can't, i won't, make it stop
fuck that, one more time I'm a tool, a fool
let me stop you in your tracks
i don't care, keep it to yourself
your view isn't mine, and you don't know
better than I know my world
this is where I keep turning rogue
if there is no one else to trust, as warned
i must trust myself, its now or never
i take your words, with a grain of salt
then I raise them, dice them, melt them down
i make them mine and fuck the rest
It's vulgar, fuck the rest, but
it says what I need in concentrated form
suck out the marrow, leave the bone
