And we can run, from the backdrop of these gears and scalpels
At every saa goes the tick-tock bang of monitors as
They stared us down when we met in the emergency room
And in our beds, I could hear wewe breathe with help from cold machines
Every hour, on the hour, they drew blood
Well I felt I couldn't take, another siku inside this place
From silent dreams we never wake, and in this promise that we'll make
Starless eyes for heaven's sake, but I hear wewe anyway
Well I thought I heard you
Say I like you, we can get out
We don't have to stay, stay inside this place
Someday, this day, we kept falling down
Someday, this day, set the ferris wheel ablaze
wewe left my moyo an open wound
And I upendo wewe for
This day, someday we kept falling down
One day, this siku all we had to keep us safe
And if we never sleep again, it would never end
Well I thought I heard wewe say to me
We'll go so far, far as we can
And I just can't stay, one siku we'll run away
At every saa goes the tick-tock bang of monitors as
They stared us down when we met in the emergency room
And in our beds, I could hear wewe breathe with help from cold machines
Every hour, on the hour, they drew blood
Well I felt I couldn't take, another siku inside this place
From silent dreams we never wake, and in this promise that we'll make
Starless eyes for heaven's sake, but I hear wewe anyway
Well I thought I heard you
Say I like you, we can get out
We don't have to stay, stay inside this place
Someday, this day, we kept falling down
Someday, this day, set the ferris wheel ablaze
wewe left my moyo an open wound
And I upendo wewe for
This day, someday we kept falling down
One day, this siku all we had to keep us safe
And if we never sleep again, it would never end
Well I thought I heard wewe say to me
We'll go so far, far as we can
And I just can't stay, one siku we'll run away
Turn away,
If wewe could get me a drink
Of water 'cause my lips are chapped and faded
Call my aunt Marie
Help her gather all my things
And bury me in all my inayopendelewa colors,
My sisters and my brothers, still,
I will not kiss you,
'Cause the hardest part of this is leaving you.
Now turn away,
'Cause I'm awful just to see
'Cause all my hairs abandoned all my body,
Oh, my agony,
Know that I will never marry,
Baby, I'm just soggy from the chemo
But counting down the days to go
It just ain't living
And I just hope wewe know
That if wewe say (if wewe say)
Goodbye today (goodbye today)
I'd ask wewe to be true (cause I'd ask wewe to be true)
'Cause the hardest part of this is leaving you
'Cause the hardest part of this is leaving you
If wewe could get me a drink
Of water 'cause my lips are chapped and faded
Call my aunt Marie
Help her gather all my things
And bury me in all my inayopendelewa colors,
My sisters and my brothers, still,
I will not kiss you,
'Cause the hardest part of this is leaving you.
Now turn away,
'Cause I'm awful just to see
'Cause all my hairs abandoned all my body,
Oh, my agony,
Know that I will never marry,
Baby, I'm just soggy from the chemo
But counting down the days to go
It just ain't living
And I just hope wewe know
That if wewe say (if wewe say)
Goodbye today (goodbye today)
I'd ask wewe to be true (cause I'd ask wewe to be true)
'Cause the hardest part of this is leaving you
'Cause the hardest part of this is leaving you
Well, when wewe go
Don't ever think I'll make wewe try to stay
And maybe when wewe get back
I'll be off to find another way
And after all this time that wewe still owe
You're still the good-for-nothing I don't know
So take your gloves and get out
Better get out
While wewe can
When wewe go
Would wewe even turn to say
"I don't upendo you
Like I did
Yesterday"
Sometimes I cry so hard from pleading
So sick and tired of all the needless beating
But baby when they knock you
Down and out
It's where wewe oughta stay
And after all the blood that wewe still owe
Another dollar's just another blow
So fix your eyes and get up
Better get up
While wewe can
Whoa, whooa
When wewe go
Would wewe even turn to say
"I don't upendo you
Like I did
Yesterday"
Well come on, come on
When wewe go
Would wewe have the guts to say
"I don't upendo you
Like I loved you
Yesterday"
I don't upendo you
Like I loved you
Yesterday
I don't upendo you
Like I loved you
Yesterday
Don't ever think I'll make wewe try to stay
And maybe when wewe get back
I'll be off to find another way
And after all this time that wewe still owe
You're still the good-for-nothing I don't know
So take your gloves and get out
Better get out
While wewe can
When wewe go
Would wewe even turn to say
"I don't upendo you
Like I did
Yesterday"
Sometimes I cry so hard from pleading
So sick and tired of all the needless beating
But baby when they knock you
Down and out
It's where wewe oughta stay
And after all the blood that wewe still owe
Another dollar's just another blow
So fix your eyes and get up
Better get up
While wewe can
Whoa, whooa
When wewe go
Would wewe even turn to say
"I don't upendo you
Like I did
Yesterday"
Well come on, come on
When wewe go
Would wewe have the guts to say
"I don't upendo you
Like I loved you
Yesterday"
I don't upendo you
Like I loved you
Yesterday
I don't upendo you
Like I loved you
Yesterday
Now come one come all to this tragic affair
Wipe off that makeup, what's in is despair
So throw on the black dress, mix in with the lot
wewe might wake up and notice you're someone you're not
If wewe look in the mirror and don't like what wewe see
wewe can find out firsthand what it's like to be me
So gather 'round piggies and kiss this goodbye
I'd encourage your smiles I'll expect wewe won't cry
Another contusion, my funeral jag
Here's my resignation, I'll serve it in drag
You've got front row seats to the penitence ball
When I grow up I want to be nothing at all!
I alisema yeah, yeah!
I alisema yeah, yeah!
C'mon C'mon C'mon I said
(Save me!) Get me the hell out of here
(Save me!) Too young to die and my dear
(You can't!) If wewe can hear me just walk away and
(Take me!)
Wipe off that makeup, what's in is despair
So throw on the black dress, mix in with the lot
wewe might wake up and notice you're someone you're not
If wewe look in the mirror and don't like what wewe see
wewe can find out firsthand what it's like to be me
So gather 'round piggies and kiss this goodbye
I'd encourage your smiles I'll expect wewe won't cry
Another contusion, my funeral jag
Here's my resignation, I'll serve it in drag
You've got front row seats to the penitence ball
When I grow up I want to be nothing at all!
I alisema yeah, yeah!
I alisema yeah, yeah!
C'mon C'mon C'mon I said
(Save me!) Get me the hell out of here
(Save me!) Too young to die and my dear
(You can't!) If wewe can hear me just walk away and
(Take me!)
