let me play make-believe
make you believe i'm not inferior
string together stolen words
just to sound as though i know you best
copy and paste works of art
just to look as though i belong beside you
let me be your leading lady
just for a moment
maybe you'll see i can play the part
i can be a pretty girl
please
let me play make-believe
maybe i can find a better role

it hurts more to break-up with a friend
but it's better this way
better for my heart and soul
to let you go
if only it was that simple
you never did make things easy
so give me your best shot
try to paint a picture of purity from this mess
the one benefit of wasting 8 years with you:
i know all your tricks
i've had a front seat to every lie
to every twist and turn
every attempt to be the victim
and i've got a copy of every secret
and i know i sound vengeful
i know i sound petty
i know
but i don't really give a ****
because i'm just a ***** after all,
right?

i won't be sitting around waiting for someone to write love poems about me
not when i can write them myself
because i do love myself
though that's been a struggle to say
now that it's out i won't be stopping
i love all the small things that add to be me
because i am many things
a puzzle in which each piece is a work of art
i am a collection of beauty
beauty beyond a face
though i do also love the view i create

I plugged my nose and went underwater.
I'm confusing life and death with a thin line.
I lose myself, and soon find another,
Out a sink drain with darkness in its spine.
The last one is more afraid of the next I own,
I can't tell who'll take my heart.
Make it or break it, and I certainly broke
Mine as it got harder to locate in the dark.
The water has bubbled up into my throat,
Its silky and warm and I cannot resist.
I thought I was better, but I hate to boast,
I had just hoped I'd never end up like this-