Chapter 1 - Grateful

I heard laughter in the bandroom
Through the backstage bathroom
He was wearing orange like a sunset

I would climb a hundred ladders
Just to hear the ocean
In the midst of spring-time with know jacket

Please, I've been waiting so long
For someone to adore me, even if it's farce

Hold me and say I'll be okay
You liar
Break me with gentle words and fire
Monster
Slay me, destroy me like I'm something perfect
Slay me, hurt me like I'm someone worth it

Yes, I also sing in rainstorms
They make me feel like hometowns
Must be like to writers, whores, and artists

Touch is like a distance with you
No matter how I love you
I loathe the fact I even started

Oh no, I don't feel quite human
My hands are shaking so fast
Like the passing cars

Hold me and say I'll be okay
You liar
Break me with gentle words and fire
Monster
Slay me, destroy me like I'm something perfect
Slay me, hurt me like I'm someone worth it


I hope they weep like broken fountains
I hope they all erode like mountains
I hope they tear the paper of your soul
And color it with crayons made of coal

Hold me and say I'll be okay
You liar
Break me with gentle words and fire
Monster
Slay me, destroy me like I'm something perfect
Slay me, hurt me like I'm someone worth it


This will be the first and last song
I'll ever write about you
So you'd best be grateful...