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Come hereI learned silence in more than one tongueAnd I learned what wears a face in every oneI watched you danceI watched you dance from a distanceI watched you danceI watched you dance from a distance
I had to keep movingI had to surviveTo live another dayTo make a moveI spoke in fragmentsNever flameCause she could turn my love into a gameShe wore concern like Sunday clean perfumeThen turned the kitchen quiet into doomHome went hallway trapdoor tightComfort with a clauseKiss with a biteShe salted love and called it a cureLeft my tenderness tasting small and poor
I had to whisper cause walls don’t keep a secretI had to smile cause fear can smell when you mean itI had to swallow thunderBite my prideFrom a distanceFrom a distance
Close enough to see youFar enough to keep youI loved you from doorwaysFrom cornersFrom codeCause she carried a cage in the way she spokeHer lullaby sounded like help and I’m hurtThen turned you to leverage and love into dirtI learned to speak in shadows so you liveAnd she can’t printNow I’m bringing that beast downWatch the mask come off
From a distanceFrom a distance
I watched you dance like a hostage with a gun to your headShe held the triggerMy anger went quietThen redThe walls heard everythingThen played them dumbLike stone got mannersFields got tongueThe kettle screamedThe silence stayed politeThat’s how it feedsEverything’s alrightShe moved like normalNeatCorrectComposedA smile that shuts doors without them closedShe stacked my grief like paperClean and flatThen made me wear the blame like Sunday hatSo I stayed stillStayed sharpStayed unseenTill staying back turned into something mean
Not in the sirensNot in the streetsNot in the sermonsNot in the sweetNot in the laughterNot in the fineShe heard my breathingSo I stayed in lineFrom a distanceFrom a distance
I loved you from doorwaysFrom cornersFrom codeCause she carried a cage in the way she spokeHer lullaby sounded like help and I’m hurtThen turned you to leverage and love into dirtI learned to speak in shadows so you liveAnd she can’t printNow I’m bringing that beast downWatch the mask come off
Look at meNone of this was in your handsYou got moved like a piece in somebody’s plansAnd you my babyI carry you in breathNot in closureNot in timeNot in leftLight don’t begLight just arrivesTruth don’t knockTruth kicks insideIf I burn my name to make it clearI’ll do it cleanAnd keep you here
I loved you from doorwaysFrom cornersFrom codeCause she carried a cage in the way she spokeHer lullaby sounded like help and I’m hurtThen turned you to leverage and love into dirtI learned to speak in shadows so you liveAnd she can’t printNow I’m bringing that beast downWatch the mask come off
If I looked awayIt was to learn the roomNow I’m done survivingNow I’m designing the fallFrom a distance
She killed my baby with salt