BAD LITTLE EXIT

Bad little exit Looked good on me Bad little exit No apology They said use the front door Smile when you leave Keep both hands clean Keep the story neat I saw the lock behind the portrait Saw the latch inside the smile Saw the table grip its glasses When I stood up from the trial One girl held the coat One girl watched the stairs One girl found the blind spot Where the camera never stared So I kissed my good name Left it under the seat Found the service corridor In my bare black feet No clean way No gold gate No soft light saying go If the house keeps counting exits It already knows I found a bad little exit And it looked good on me Took the wrong turn laughing Through the emergency I did not leave pretty I did not leave sweet I found a bad little exit And it looked good on me Bad little exit Bad little exit Looked good on me They wrote down my options In a careful little hand Be ashamed, be graceful Be smaller than the plan But grace is just a hallway Where they teach you not to run And shame is just a leash With a compliment for a tongue I heard the stairwell breathing Heard the back room click Saw my future in the window Doing one last trick So I took the ugly handle Let the whole room see Some doors are called mistakes Cause they set somebody free No clean way No blessed gate No witness calling it brave If they call me ruined Let them learn my name I found a bad little exit And it looked good on me Took the wrong turn laughing Through the emergency I did not leave pretty I did not leave sweet I found a bad little exit And it looked good on me Bad little exit Bad little exit Looked good on me Back door Black dress One more Bad yes Wrong way Best me Bad little exit Looked good on me Do not ask why I broke the glass Ask who locked the room Do not ask why I ran like that Ask what followed too There are people who call manners A beautiful kind of cage There are rooms that stay respectable Cause no one gets away I was not born reckless I was cornered into teeth Then I found the crooked doorway And it bowed down under me Bad little exit Red light, left key Bad little exit No one caught me clean Bad little exit My name on the breeze Bad little exit Looked good on me I found a bad little exit And it looked good on me Took the wrong turn laughing Through the emergency I did not leave pretty I did not leave sweet I found a bad little exit And it looked good on me I found a bad little exit Down the unlit back stair All the proper doors were bolted By the ones who left me there I did not leave grateful I did not leave clean I found a bad little exit And it looked good on me Bad little exit Looked good on me Bad little exit No apology