Human Frogger

You are not what you eat
You are just what you can’t swallow
I always seem a little lost
But I promised not to follow

I’ll never find myself in
Your father’s indifference and your mother’s insistence
Spectacle or failure
Half-truth or lie, when will I
Come into focus through some
Combination of exaggerations
Floral patterned bed sheet
Or the ghost below? Does it show?

I know that it's normal
I just wish that it were ordinary
Trapped outside the comfortable mundane
The glances that I get, the second glances that I don't
Oh I could never figure out what rules to break

My reflection is eclipsed by an illusion
And I ask it:
"Would it kill you to be pretty?
Would it kill you to be pretty?"
My intention for the flesh
Is getting lost with my attachment
I would kill you to be pretty
Would I kill you to be pretty?

I despise the standard issue
That volatile, virile danger
But was that what you preferred?
Did the stoic man feel safer?

I’m just a pest stuck with a
Weak proboscis, I think someone botched this
I crave the taste of blood, but
I can’t break the skin, let me in!
You need me predisposed to
Bloody noses and these mm! macho poses
And I’ll put up a good fight
But I’m gonna lose, I’m gonna -

Lose! And that's normal
I just wish that it were ordinary
Singing songs not written for my range
The glances that I get, the second glances that I don't
So is it everyone or me that needs to change?

My reflection is eclipsed by an illusion
And I ask it:
"Would it kill you to be pretty?
Would it kill you to be pretty?"
My intention for the flesh
Is getting lost with my attachment
I would kill you to be pretty
Would I kill you to be pretty?

(GO!!!)

For the drama I'll shed my skin
My formlessness comes from within
You should see my waist when I diet expectations
Defenses only seem inadequate
When every town is filled with battlements

I wanted to keep us safe
And I just wanted to exist
And I know that you're confused, well me too
I'm living through this shit!

Promise not to laugh if I look bad while wearing makeup
Does it kill you to be with me?
Does it kill you to be with me?
Dodging cars because the sidewalks
Never captured my attention
As I cross the intersection, oh