[Intro] (spoken, nervous) So many robes. So many big folk. Bupu no like big room. Bupu tell truth. That all. [Verse 1] White robe ask what Bupu know. Black robes stare and wait. Red robes whisper little things. All sit tall and great. Bupu stand with dirty feet. Rat tucked by her side. Big folk look like Bupu crawled from somewhere they would hide. Par-Salian: “Creature, tell us what he did.” ... Bupu look up slow. [Pre-Chorus] Creature? No. Bupu got a name. [Chorus] ME NO CREATURE! Bupu Bulp! Bupu know what Bupu saw! Pretty man no laugh at Bupu. Pretty man no call me flaw. ME NO CREATURE! Me got name! Little one is what him say. You got robes and towers high. That not make Bupu less today. [Verse 2] You say pretty man use Bupu. Charm her little head. You say Bupu too dumb to know kind from cruel instead. Bupu know when people laugh. Bupu know when people lie. Bupu know when hand is gentle. Bupu know a goodbye. Him not call me filthy thing. Him not push me down. Him bend low so Bupu hear. No laugh. No ugly sound. [Chorus] ME NO CREATURE! Bupu Bulp! Bupu know what Bupu saw! Pretty man no laugh at Bupu. Pretty man no call me flaw. ME NO CREATURE! Me got name! Little one is what him say. You got robes and towers high. That not make Bupu less today. [Spoken Break] You ask truth? Bupu tell truth. Him sick. Him sad. Him angry. Him dark sometimes. Bupu know. But him kind to Bupu. That truth too. [Verse 3] Pretty man say road too dark. Bupu must not go. Put his hand on Bupu head. Soft. Like falling snow. Bupu want to walk with him. Him tell Bupu stay. Not because Bupu too small. Because danger on the way. That what Bupu remember. Not your books. Not your law. Bupu remember how him looked. Bupu know what Bupu saw. [Bridge] (building, voice shaking but firm) You got magic. Bupu got rat. You got wisdom. Maybe that. You got words one mile long. Bupu only got this song. Call me stupid. Call me small. Bupu still stand here through all. Call me creature one more time... Bupu shout through whole damn hall: [Final Chorus] ME NO CREATURE! BUPU BULP! Bupu know what Bupu saw! Pretty man no laugh at Bupu. Pretty man no call me flaw. ME NO CREATURE! ME GOT NAME! Little one is what him say! You got robes and towers high. That not make Bupu less today! ME NO CREATURE! Hear Bupu! Little voice can still be true. Pretty man saw Bupu clear. Maybe... Bupu see him too. [Outro] (spoken, quieter) Bupu done. ... You listen now.
