inviting me into the house with open arms
offer tea with some cake for heavy hearts
all sweet smiles, you offer comfort and protection
but then you turn your mouth in my direction

tearing down my walls and forcing this on me
out to get me, this I couldn’t have foreseen
it’s just your opinion, you don’t care about my plea
pinching at my brain, you call this family?

Telling me
you want me differently
telling me
it’s not ok to be

Hey
this is me
there's no receipt
you take me as I am and as I feel
or get the hell away from me

you spit your poison over, looking so carefree
I’m the one that needs to deal with the debris
you need this edge to feel superiority
I don’t exist for you, refusing your decree

tearing down my walls and forcing this on me
stepping on my toes then barking up this tree
pinching at my brain, you call this family?
All I wanted was to just, be, free

Telling me
you want me differently
telling me
it’s not ok to be

Hey
this is me and
(there’s) no warranty
you take me as I am and as I feel
or get the hell away from me