A Trick of the Trade

Welcome to the show that you wrote for me -
that's to say I'm still in town.
Honestly, it doesn't fit with your candour-led policy
for me to smile as this goes down.

They said:
'the perfect subject for study,
this one smiles prettily.'
They said that they cared.

They said:
'what a thing of mystery,
I'll crush its soul between my teeth.'
They said I was dead.

Then they didn't like that I was quiet...
It's easier if you're compliant...
They made me cry for them in private -
I guess I trade in demons now.

Hoo, hoo, hi!
And now I live under your bed.
Hoo, hoo, hi!
And now I'm singing in your head.
Hoo, hoo, hi!
And to my scream your soul is wed.
Hoo, hoo... hi?
Oh don't you wish you'd kept me down, down, down, down.

Oh, come on now.
Why the frown?

'You can't go home, you're too much fun, our care has only just begun.
Behave or we will send you down'.
You pushed me to my knees and told me you were not best pleased.
You said, 'we'll keep you down'.

You chained me to a desk unknowingly.
I read the text like water - drank slowly.
I learned my mind was mine and mine only
and that your place was far below me.

Your luck's worn thin like Obra Dinn.
Can you see the rage that's within
my soul?
I'm honour roll.

Watch me crawl out of my grave -
you'll beg for me your soul to save.
Oh, what to do with an empty grave?
I'll throw a party, I wager.

I'm no healer, I'm no saviour,
I'm just tired of misbehaviour.
Look at what your actions made
and I'm just getting started, are you afraid?

I'm not the mad hatter
but that really doesn't matter.
I may be mad, I might make hats.
I'm not a duck but, like them, quack.
I guess I trade in demons now.

Hoo, hoo, hi!
And now I live under your bed.
Hoo, hoo, hi!
And now I'm singing in your head.
Hoo, hoo, hi!
And to my scream your soul is wed.
Hoo, hoo... hi?
Fuck you.



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