I Know Girls (Body Love)
(专辑: Letters Don't Talk - 2012)
I
Know girls who are trying to fit into the
social norm Like squeezing into last year's prom dress I
know girls who are low rise, mac eye shadow, and binge drinking I
know girls that wonder if they're disaster and sexy enough to fit in I
know girls who are fleeing bombs from the
mosques of their skin Playing Russian roulette with death; it's never easy to accept that our bodies are fallible and flawed But when do we draw the
line? When the
knife hits the
skin? Isn't it the
same thing as purging Because we're so obsessed with death Some women just have more guts than others The
funny thing is women like us don't shoot We swallow pills, still wanting to be beautiful at the
morgue Still proceeding to put on make-up Still hoping that the
mortician finds us fuckable and attractive We might as well be buried with our shoes and handbags and scarves, girls We flirt with death every time we etch a
new tally mark into our skin I
know how to split my wrists to reveal a
battlefield too But the
time has come for us to reclaim our bodies Our bodies deserve more than to be war-torn and collateral Offering this fuckdom as a
pathetic means to say, "I only know how to exist when I
am wanted." Girls like us are hardly ever wanted, you know We're used up and we're sad and drunk and Perpetually waiting by the
phone for someone to pick up and tell us that we did good Well, you did good. (I know I
am because I
said, "I am." My body is home) Try this Take your hands over your bumpy love body naked And remember the
first time you touched someone With the
sole purpose of learning all of them Touched them because the
light was pretty on them And the
dust in the
sunlight danced the
way your heart did Touch yourself with a
purpose Your body is the
most beautiful royal Fathers and uncles are not claiming your knife anymore Are not your razor, no Put the
sharpness back Lay your hands flat and feel the
surface of scarred skin I
once touched a
tree with charred limbs The
stump was still breathing But the
tops were just ashy remains I
wonder what it's like to come back from that because Because sometimes I
feel forest fires erupting from my wrists And the
smoke signals sent out are the
most beautiful things I've ever seen Love your body the
way your mother loved your baby feet And brother arm wrapping shoulders, and remember This is important You are worth more than who you fuck You are worth more than a
waistline You are worth more than beer bottles displayed like drunken artifacts. You are worth more than any naked body could proclaim in the
shadows, More than a
man's whim or your father's mistake You are no less valuable as a
size 16 than a
size 4
You are no less valuable as a
32a than a
36c Your sexiness is defined by concentric circles within your wood It is wisdom You are a
goddamn tree stump with leaves sprouting out Reborn