[INTRO]
Under the light
of the moon
a vulnerable
little egg
sittin’ on a leaf…
didn’t know
what was comin’…
I was so little.
I knew nothin’.
[VERSE 1]
One Sunday mornin’
I popped out…
immediately
searchin’ for food.
hungry for safety…
hungry for you.
just a starvin’
little caterpillar.
Livin’ on bread crumbs,
you fed me words
that still leave me starvin’.
I needed nourishment to grow…
so Monday through Friday,
I kept eatin’…
[HOOK]
I ate through your taunts.
I ate through your labels.
I ate all the toxicity you
placed upon my table.
still starvin’,
I kept eatin’
just hopin’ to get full…
little did I know you
were raisin’ me
to be a self-shrinkin’ fool.
[VERSE 2]
Time went on,
I got full.
not much more
I could even hold.
after all I consumed,
my soul felt beaten.
I molted for change,
got another instar…
fuckin’ damn,
this shouldn’t be so hard.
left so vulnerable…
still searchin’ for food…
still eatin’.
[HOOK]
I ate through your apathy.
I ate through your selfishness.
I ate all the burdens you
placed upon my table.
still starvin’,
I kept eatin’
just hopin’ to get full…
little did I know you
were raisin’ me
to be a self-shrinkin’ fool.
[VERSE 3]
I ate through
one last thing…
tryin’ to feel better,
it didn’t work.
full of your poison,
I wrapped my shell.
entered the chrysalis…
dissolution.
a lonely, messy,
dark-ass space.
never been more vulnerable
than in that place.
[BRIDGE]
In the dark,
fightin’ for survival…
forced to break down
for my arrival.
pushed out the shell…
wings heavy and wet.
pumpin' the blood
through my veins…
not hardened yet.
alone in the air,
full of your poison…
but the wings are expanding.
the poison is clearin’.
[FINAL HOOK / OUTRO]
I ate through your rejection.
I ate through your abandonment.
I ate all the neglect you
placed upon my table.
I used to eat
just to survive…
but little do you know,
I am no longer
your self-shrinkin’ fool.
My wings are dry.
The Monarch flies.
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