November, 2007
Take This, It's Your Fault
There was a time when I would do anything for you
And it got me in all kinds of trouble
I still don’t really know what for
But I do know you never did one single thing for me
And yet you still want to take from me
Know this though, I’ve grown
And now everything I do is only for me
I don’t need you or anyone to make me happy
I definitely don’t need you to be who I am
After all you’re not quite even a man
You’re still a boy who’s just afraid
Hiding behind a façade
And I know that using people makes you feel tough
But, you can’t use me anymore now
So go find some other girl who’s still starry-eyed
And weak to your charms in her naïveté
I can’t save anyone from you but I can protect myself
And if you think that this time you really want me
Get on your knees and beg like I did once
But be careful of your beaten dignity
It’s the first thing to leave with pride
And once they’re gone I’ll start teasing your emotions
Which, once confounded, will leave me clear
To shred your estranged heart to bits
Because people like you made me mean
And I’ve gone slightly insane from the pain you left
I’m actually only lucky that my heart was already gone
Even though I didn’t know it back then
Because it may not be here but at least it’s intact
You messed up in trying to use me
‘Cause it hurt a little bit, but I’m immune
And the fact that I lasted is intriguing
So you’re coming back because you need to see
Why I’m stronger than you, because you want it
But I think you’ll be less than pleased with the lesson
Curiosity is killer and I’m an angry queen
So it’s you turn for your own medicine.
There was a time when I would do anything for you
And it got me in all kinds of trouble
I still don’t really know what for
But I do know you never did one single thing for me
And yet you still want to take from me
Know this though, I’ve grown
And now everything I do is only for me
I don’t need you or anyone to make me happy
I definitely don’t need you to be who I am
After all you’re not quite even a man
You’re still a boy who’s just afraid
Hiding behind a façade
And I know that using people makes you feel tough
But, you can’t use me anymore now
So go find some other girl who’s still starry-eyed
And weak to your charms in her naïveté
I can’t save anyone from you but I can protect myself
And if you think that this time you really want me
Get on your knees and beg like I did once
But be careful of your beaten dignity
It’s the first thing to leave with pride
And once they’re gone I’ll start teasing your emotions
Which, once confounded, will leave me clear
To shred your estranged heart to bits
Because people like you made me mean
And I’ve gone slightly insane from the pain you left
I’m actually only lucky that my heart was already gone
Even though I didn’t know it back then
Because it may not be here but at least it’s intact
You messed up in trying to use me
‘Cause it hurt a little bit, but I’m immune
And the fact that I lasted is intriguing
So you’re coming back because you need to see
Why I’m stronger than you, because you want it
But I think you’ll be less than pleased with the lesson
Curiosity is killer and I’m an angry queen
So it’s you turn for your own medicine.