The Flower

Here we go again
I thought that we were friends
Now you're talking crap about me
You know on-line is not the place
So you say it to my face
Off the record but it won't be

Now you sleep in the bed that you made
Now you'll learn every debt gets repaid
Painted yourself in a corner
Don't say I didn't warn you

I've got friends who have my back
They won't stand for these sneak attacks
Bent but I'm not broken
Still feel the sting of the words that were spoken

After the teardrops
Follow the pain
After the spitting
Follows the names
After the rainfall
Follows the flames
I'll let this water fill my roots
And begin to grow again

Here we go again
Judged by the colour of your skin
Does it have to be this way
Why can't they just concede
When you tell them you can't breathe
Show compassion walk away

How can you sleep in the bed that you made
You left a girl all alone and afraid
Do you even know who you busted
People in power now can't be trusted

Put down your shields and your sprays
And talk it out face to face
Reach out a hand and not a fist
Or we're doomed to repeat this

After the teardrops
Follow the pain
After the spitting
Follows the names
After the rainfall
Follows the flames
Let this water fill your roots
And begin to grow again

I am the flower
I shine all day long
Although I am little
My roots keep me strong
My friends are my sunlight
And love is my rain
I'll let this water fill my roots
And begin to grow again