Didn't Know Better
A ripped up letter rests in the dust
She didn't know better
No, no, no
A girl walks barefooted away
From her two-story house
With pastel walls
Two boys
Double closet
And banker husband
And we're all naive
Walking blindfolded
Pistole holes for mouths
Taking aim at our own reflection
She didn't know
That these "musts"
Weren't her needs
Gradual sips of her
Personal poison
Her life was mapped out
Years before she even met the Earth
Decades of tradition
At age 8, whiskey breath
Her mother whispered the truth
"Get out while you can
My daughter, this life is toxic"
And we're all naive
Walking blindfolded
Pistole holes for mouths
Taking aim at our own reflection
She didn't know
That these "musts"
Weren't her needs
Gradual sips of her
Personal poison
Time got to her
Deflated her curls
And she did everything right
Just like they told her
And the day she woke up
Was the day that she died
To this life of masquerades
And cold shoulders
The beach with the stranded boat
Was her choice
Stepped out of her dress
Waded in the water
She swore that she would
Never look back
Down and down she went
With a smile
Freedom in the black
And we're all naive
Walking blindfolded
Pistole holes for mouths
Taking aim at our own reflection
She didn't know
That these "musts"
Weren't her needs
Gradual sips of her
Personal poison
Time got to her
Deflated her curls
And she did everything right
Just like they told her
And the day she woke up
Was the day that she died
To this life of masquerades
And cold shoulders
One who awakens gradually
Out of a dream
A delicious, grotesque
Impossible dream
To feel again the reality
Pressing into her soul
She didn't know better than anyone else
She didn't know better
No, no, no
A girl walks barefooted away
From her two-story house
With pastel walls
Two boys
Double closet
And banker husband
And we're all naive
Walking blindfolded
Pistole holes for mouths
Taking aim at our own reflection
She didn't know
That these "musts"
Weren't her needs
Gradual sips of her
Personal poison
Her life was mapped out
Years before she even met the Earth
Decades of tradition
At age 8, whiskey breath
Her mother whispered the truth
"Get out while you can
My daughter, this life is toxic"
And we're all naive
Walking blindfolded
Pistole holes for mouths
Taking aim at our own reflection
She didn't know
That these "musts"
Weren't her needs
Gradual sips of her
Personal poison
Time got to her
Deflated her curls
And she did everything right
Just like they told her
And the day she woke up
Was the day that she died
To this life of masquerades
And cold shoulders
The beach with the stranded boat
Was her choice
Stepped out of her dress
Waded in the water
She swore that she would
Never look back
Down and down she went
With a smile
Freedom in the black
And we're all naive
Walking blindfolded
Pistole holes for mouths
Taking aim at our own reflection
She didn't know
That these "musts"
Weren't her needs
Gradual sips of her
Personal poison
Time got to her
Deflated her curls
And she did everything right
Just like they told her
And the day she woke up
Was the day that she died
To this life of masquerades
And cold shoulders
One who awakens gradually
Out of a dream
A delicious, grotesque
Impossible dream
To feel again the reality
Pressing into her soul
She didn't know better than anyone else
Credits
Writer(s): Meghan Mcdonald
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