[Verse 1]
Plastic soldiers on the floor
Dad’s boots slam through the door
Mom’s voice cracking like glass
My name said like a curse that lasts
Hide my bruises in long sleeves
Count the tiles just to breathe
Dinner plates fly
I stay still
Learn every angle of their will
[Chorus]
Rotten seed in the garden
Born in thorns
No pardon
Every scream they fed to me
Grew into something I can’t free
Rotten seed
I feel it grow
In my hands
In my bones
Look what your love has sown
I know
I know I’m wrong
[Verse 2]
Tear wings off a quiet thing
Watch it crawl
Then watch it sink
Little legs drag through the dirt
For a moment
I don’t hurt
Twist the shell till it cracks
Hear the pop and don’t step back
Tiny eyes
Tiny fight
I stay and watch it lose the light
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
I learned pain like alphabet
Spelled my name in every welt
Now I write it on their skin
Everything you carved in
[distorted scream]
I am what you made in the dark
Every slap
Every scar
Every mark
You called me monster as a kid
Now I’m just living what you did
[guitar solo]
[Chorus]