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Singer:amanda palmer
that's what you get for wanting
that's what you get for getting
you're gardening a rotting bed
from the minute you felt it
you felt it like a prison
from moscow on the hudson
it's not as if you're happy about it
it's not as if you're animatronic
it's not as if you couldn't
cry out any time you wanted
all the people you will never be
you paint yourself a nice white room
with stripes and matching curtains
you cannot build a river across it
you cannot hold your own heart hostage
you do not have the strength
to gag yourself in every closet
aren't you just a dime a dozen?
murderous monosyllabic moron
working on your songs all night
to justify your worthlessness
if they only saw your alter egos
pretty in the shop windows
where you got auctioned hours ago
all the people you will never be
capture me and throw the key
capture me and throw the key away
you're lying in a coffin of clutter
your father and your sister
are sorting through your soft cell tapes
you wonder if you could've done better
you wonder if you should've surrendered
nobody actually wants a fucking martyr
all the people you will never be
capture me and throw the key
capture me and throw the key away