Starfish (Level Me) [IX]

You want the truth? You can't afford it. He was a b-star, she was a sea-star He said, "I got your name stuck under my tongue" She said, "Every time you talk, only heard a mess" So I made a motion out of the evidence, I got your blood on my Sunday best Your sins twist underneath my chest You've callled it love, I've called it stress, But either way, honey, you left me blessed, you sang "Starfish and coffee" now everybody wants a piece, but also everybody wants a pretty little wound that proves they aren't the beast. I said, "don't touch me, don't hug me, don't fix me, don't tell me who I am, Just tell me who's the man!" Level me! Put your little ruler on my throat and see If I'm so fucking broken why do I still need? You want the truth? Get underneath Level me! Post your little level in my mind and see If I'm so fucking broken why do I still write? You want the story? Get on your knees I slept through the fire, woke up in the smoke Everybody said I had it down to a shot But I turned the joke into a stroke I loved you like a loaded habit Held you close when the damage got bad and You said, "Baby you're the crazy one" Yeah, maybe, but who taught me i was un? I got a polaroid of an empty head But it's full of ghosts, and it's home 'cause I fucking live in it. You call it history, I call it rent. You call it inheritance, I call it intent, And every time I say I'm fine, Something inside me moves the line, And every time I swear I know my reflection in the mirror says, "No. No. No." Level me! Put your little ruler on my throat and see If I'm so fucking broken why do I still bleed? You want the truth? Get underneath Level me! Post your little level in my mind and see If I'm so fucking broken why's my heart still beat? You want the story? Get on your knees I measured the distance between our eyes Seven inches, seven years, two thousand little lies I measured the pressure until the gauge turned black I measured the future, I measured the change cute little trap, cute little trick You think you're the witness, baby you're the crime scene You think you're the author, look who's on the last page, It's me! I said love me, hate me, make me, break me, name me, blame me, shame me, save me, same me, nevermind me No, I am not the thing you did to me You are not the thing I did to you we're both the fucking residue! So here's to the body count dragged through the years The ones we called lovers and the ones that we feared The ones in the pictures staring off to the side The ones we kept carrying long after they died Here's to the future we promised to save Here's to the little kids who grew up and forgot how to play Here's to the liar who finally got bored Here's to the door that won't open, I don't need it to anymore! you sang "Starfish and coffee" now everybody wants a piece, but also everybody wants a pretty little wound that proves they aren't the beast. I said, "don't touch me, don't hug me, don't fix me, don't tell me who I am, Just tell me who's the man!" Level me! Put your little ruler on my throat and see If I'm so fucking broken why do I still think? You want the truth? Get underneath Level me! Post your little level in my mind and see If I'm so fucking broken why do I still dream? You want the story? get on your knees. Level me! Strip the whole cathedral down to skin and teeth If you want your fucking truth, Measure me! Nothin stays sacred when you deconstruct the scene. The line was never a guide, it was only under the wire. good work, starfish, but leave it for the summer wind. Red light, green light, nobody's coming Red light, green light, nobody's coming Red wire, nobody's lookin Red wire, green wire, nobody's looking So I cross, I cross, I cross And the whole goddamn street moves with me like waves, so Level me like the sea, so level me like the sea, so level me like the sea.