If you love someone you tell them
when you love them
you
tell
them
If you love me
tell me
I can't wait
and wait
and wait
and
wait
forever.
So I didn't
and now
I hate myself for it
I hope
I hope
I hope
your heart is just as broken as mine
I hope
you feel broken too.

I have to sing
When I want to cry
I have to bring others joy
When I want to die
I want to be free, but this is me
Fragile, coy, naive

Being smothered by my kin

This nightmare will never end
Being looked upon
And doted on
This isn’t me
I want to be free

So much for me to see
So much for me to know
But why can’t they let me be
Why can’t they let me go
They can only do this for so long
Before I finally escape and be long gone

You may wonder
You may think
Why does the caged bird sing
I sing because I know one day
I’ll be free
I will not let this cage
Get the best of me

beauty is as beauty does
attractive features are not because
they fall under the righteous acts
of the selfless heart
and beauty is as beauty does
because fleeting is our age
but pure giving is timeless.
and classical souls will be on stage
performing for those who watch
rendered gorgeous, but useless.
beauty is as beauty does