(intro) hello…. i don’t know if you can hear me but, i’m- and i need help.. please! hello?…. hello- hello, (verse) see, they can’t, (noo) feel, they can’t,(noo) feel me, but i’m fold neatly into place, they want me diminished, a borrowed face, face to marry some eager man, (chorus) life went onnnn, (ny yo lah) they want me gone, (heyy ho lah) i’m all alone, with men and their actions ohh, pray for meee, (ny yo lah) honestlyyy, torture meee, and watch me bleed and bleeddd, (post chorus) life went onnnn, (oh no, oh no), they want me goneee, (no show, no show), i’m all alone, i’m all alone, i’m all alone, (i’m all alone), (verse) the men are waiting, (ny yo lah) staring from picket fences, waiting for a chance, (waiting for a chance), i only felt heartbeats, (ny yo lah) when lilly would take my hand, (lilly takes my handdd), rumors grew a little sharper then, til all the knives were hidden, in the mouths of honest men, venomous when "no" became my creed, as if affection owed itself to all hearts in need, (chorus) life went onnnn, (ny yo lah) they want me gone, (heyy ho lah) i’m all alone, with men and their actions ohh, pray for meee, (ny yo lah) honestlyyy, torture meee, and watch me bleed and bleeddd, (post chorus) life went onnnn, (oh no, oh no), they want me goneee, (no show, no show), i’m all alone, i’m all alone, i’m all alone, (i’m all alone), (outro) maybe somewhere, in another age, a girl like me survives, maybe she can love aloud, without apologizing, maybe she won't spend her nights, explaining who she is, maybe they'll call her beautiful, instead of dangerous, (maybe)
