Let Every Little Thing Make You Happy, page 2
and I heard you have a new girl
and I heard that she’s hot.
I just have some questions
that I need to know before
I can move on
I just need some more closure
um,
How’s New York?
Did you really want me to move with you?
How’s college?
Do you love her?
Does she kiss you?
Was it something I did
to make you not want to confide in me?
Did something happen
to make you feel like you had to lie to me?
Did you know we had these problems?
Or why we were toxic?
I thought toxic was normal
that’s just what I grew up with.
Do you remember spring break?
or Orlando? or Italy?
Was I really your first love?
Were you playing?
Did you cheat on me?
I’m in that stage of the breakup
where I’ve accepted you’re gone
but I can’t delete a single picture of you off my phone.
I know it’s been six months
since we last talked
but
this is what I would say
if I didn’t have you blocked
the more I try to forget you
the more I feel lost
deep down I hope someday
that our paths will re-cross.
Shattered is an understatement
of my heart
you’ve broken me
my trust is now a box
and it’s locked
no one can open me
I acted like I moved on
like I found something real
but I ended that
because I needed more time to heal.
I’m paralyzed
when I see your eyes
on every boy I meet
I fantasize
about what I’d say
if I saw you on the street
I don’t know
I would probably just stand there frozen cold
or start to scream and cry
Or reach for your hand to hold . . .
Bb, Gm, Dm, C
Best Friend
You tell the saddest stories
that I have ever heard
Yet you carry around a smile that hides
that you were ever hurt
You keep your heart locked up
not many know the password
but you’re still the best friend
that anyone could ask for
You’re so full of potential
you have hope for your future
You make mistakes but you’re able
to laugh them off like bloopers
You’ve overcome so much
I understand that you’re a trooper
And anyone who meets you
says ‘I’m so grateful I knew her’
When I need help,
you never lend a hand,
you lend an arm
You go about your days
with an unending friendly charm
You inspire me
with everything you do
you raise the bar
You may not think you’re perfect
but you’re my best friend as you are
A, F#m, D, F
Home
‘Who are you seeing right now?’
he asks,
just us,
over dinner,
two separate checks
I almost dare to make a joke
about him being jealous
but it would hit too close to home.
‘The model?’
he couldn’t have been any ruder.
‘The boxer?’
couldn’t get away from him sooner!
‘Then who do you have your heart set on?’
I swear I saw a glimmer of hope.
For a split second
I let my mouth hang open
as he laughed at his own gentle joke
in a flash to my mind
came all of the times
where we laughed so hard
there were tears in our eyes
since I’ve seen your biggest smile
I just haven’t been the same
you always call me sunshine
never by my name
I’m your biggest fan
I just want you to succeed
I want you to be happy
I just want it to be with me
I snap back to reality and say
‘a guy I met on a plane’
nothing too attainable
that could get in his way
we kind of move on from that
but the vibe is just not quite the same
he starts to tell me a funny story
I can’t really hear
I can’t focus when his smile stretches
perfect from ear to ear
I stare into his eyes
the colour of neon gemstones
butterfly wings
the blue on each side of a rainbow
I know what you’re thinking
Peach, goddamnit,
tell him how you feel
the thing is I did,
like three months ago,
when he still had a girl
now we often hang out in groups of friends
seldomly alone
I have no opportunity
to look in his eyes
to tell him he feels like home
Em, G, Bm, A
Female Lead
I’m the female lead,
I’m female-led
a female body
a female head
I don’t want to hear
that I talk like a man
because I am sure
about the things that I’ve said
There’s nothing manly about confidence.
There’s nothing manly about competence.
My experience and my dominance
shouldn’t be diminished
when I’m wearing a dress
The only difference is documents
with letters M or F
And the consequent subconscious oppositeness creates
hypothesis that are just excuses
Like men are from Mars and women are from Venus?
We’re not from another planet
cause we don’t think with our penis.
But it’s socially acceptable
to stomp out uniqueness
when the prophets profit
off our sweetness and weakness
Men are our CEOs and presidents
role models and heroes
like Jesus,
why can’t we ever let a woman think she’s a genius?
Gm, Eb, Cm, Eb
Glass
I feel like glass.
like I’m a glass vase
you could see that you broke me
if you looked me in the face
even though I’m shattered
my substance hasn’t altered
But your perception has
and that’s your own fault because
now that you can’t use me anymore
you say I’ve changed
you say I’m not the girl I was before
but I’m still the same
you think
because I won’t take
what you want to put in to me
that I’m useless now?
that I’ve lost my validity?
But I’m still glass
always have been always will be
now you can’t mistake
my beauty for my fragility
my broken pieces are more danger
than your ego could ever take
there’s something so psychotic
about how you like to watch glass break
They mean for it to hurt when they say woman.
F, Am, C, E
Woman
I’m there for my friends whenever they call
but I wear a push-up bra.
I graduated early top of my class
but I have a small ass.
I speak my strong opinions
I’m a passionate activist
but that isn’t feminine.
I’m a talented artist
I treat people with kindness
but they don’t like that I’m a feminist.
I’m a blonde model
a typical hot girl.
That’s good enough in their world.
But when I disagree with them
or speak without touch?
Then suddenly I’m too much.
When I get political
or do things they thought I couldn’t
they mean for it to hurt when they say woman.
When I cry or show emotion
I become the example
of how women on their period are fragile.
I try to be the best version of myself every day
so why do they judge me on the things I can’t change?
Is It Pink?
Is it pink?
God I’d love to put something in her drink.
I just used up all my tissues
Her face is the only issue
What’s her OnlyFans @
Wonder where her dad’s at
I’ll send you a gift
if you show your tits ;)
I’m just existing,
but I guess that’s too risky
It doesn’t make me feel pretty,
it makes me shrink.
Show your belly button
Show your feet
How come this hoe won’t post in a bikini?
You’re a slut
You’re a prude
You’re so sexy
You’re a dude
Does anybody know where I can find this girl’s nudes?
Hit the gym
Eat a burger
Dressing like that gets you murdered
I really wish men would just shut up and think
Before asking me their disgusting pig shit
like ‘is it pink?’
This is a song about all the very real and vulgar things men have said to me on TikTok live. I posted this song on TikTok, and was met with about 20 million views, 4 million likes, 50,000 comments, 23 rape threats, 18 death threats, and one comment from a girl who looked just like me when I was 14, who said she thinks this is badass.
It’s all you need.
two
LOVE
Love Song
Writing out the dates of our dates with a brief description because
I don’t ever want to forget them
thinking how we laid out our takeout on the wing of your car and
made our own parking lot restaurant
We’re late to everything, with you time feels extinct,
your fingerprints left yellow paint on my heart
Your kisses taste like peppermint when we brush our teeth
together in the morning,
you’re everything I wanted and it’s only just the start
I’ve always wanted to write a love song where everything I say is
true, and if anyone ever deserved a love song, honey I think it’s you
Looking up at you from your lap as you drive twice the limit,
knowing that I won’t forget the image of your face as you laugh at
the cars that you pass every minute praying that I’ll never have to miss it
We cling to the moments, right, because no one else knows what
it’s like to see you look at me wearing an outfit you picked out
I thought I’d been in love before but this just feels like something
more I feel sure of you without an ounce of doubt
Write a love note, to yourself or someone else.
Oh Yeah,
I Bet We’ll Work
Your voice is smooth as sandpaper when you call my name
I need you like sunscreen during a hurricane
I’m falling for you softly
like you’re gravel on an unpaved street
I’m headed towards you slowly
like an asteroid in a cosmic fleet
I swear I’ll love you sweetly
like a lime squeezed into black coffee
Yeah I think it’ll work this time
I’m warming up to you
like it’s negative ten degrees
Your ice-blue eyes
are the perfect source of body heat
Favourite Body
I dyed my hair perfectly golden for you
But my hair looks brown when you turn the lights
Down in your room
I bought a necklace I thought you would like
It’s so delicate, the way that it shines
You take it off me so softly
soon as I arrive
I don’t wear my clothes just so you’ll take them off me
Are the things you texted me just paste and copy?
Am I your favourite person or just your favourite body?
If you’d let me try, I’d be the girl of your dreams
But when I’m by your side
All you’ll let me be is pretty
I’ll Be Your Best Friend
You can call me up anytime you want
and tell me that you feel sad
come over if you’d like to
I’ll always invite you
together we’ll feel less bad
Lay your head down on my chest
let your teardrops get it wet
honey I know you need rest
Anytime you feel fear
you’re always welcome here
you’ll always have a friend
I’m your shoulder, I’m your rock
When it feels colder we can talk
Even if you think it’s silly
I’m here for you really
’Til the very end
No matter how you’re feeling
If you ever need me
I’ll be your best friend
Anytime you feel fear you’re always welcome here you’ll always have a friend.
Anyways
you love me after dark
you love me after parties
you love me when you’re bored
you love me when you’re lonely
I get more from you when there’s no other option
feel adored by you if there’s no one you’re talking to
but I love you in a crowded room
I love you in the afternoon
the difference is I never get to choose
when I love you
I love you when you’re far away
I love you every fucking day
how come you get to pick and choose
when I love you anyways
anyways
you answer when I call
you listen when I talk to you
I make that enough
I make it how I need to
to stay away from you has never been an option
to get close to you seems impossible to do
I wanna tell you I love you but it’s pointless
I wanna beg you to love me but that love will be worthless
wanna hold you and have you and keep you
but do I really want to if I have to ask you
but I love you in a crowded room
I love you in the afternoon
the difference is I never get to choose
when I love you
I love you when you’re far away
I love you every fucking day
how come you get to pick and choose
and I love you anyways
anyways
Heaven
I got in his car
he said where should I take you
and I said heaven
He said that’s a little far
how about somewhere we could go together
He says you’re only really happy when it’s shared
I say I’m only happy when there’s nobody there
Anybody could break what I’ve been trying to repair
He says you’re scared
I say you’re never really happy when you’re hurt
He says he’s never heard much truer words
He says he’s spent a lot more time than me on this earth
without saying a word
He’s Not the Guy
She leaves red lipstick marks on his cheek
He never leaves them there
She’s definition of heart on her sleeve
He doesn’t really care
She’s posting pictures of him each week
He doesn’t notice
She knows he doesn’t observe
Her perfume on his clothes
She knows she should live in the moment
But she loves him most when she’s alone
He’s her galaxy
but he’s a fantasy
He’s only perfect inside of her head
She’s good at ignoring the things that he’s said
He is her hero in stories she writes
He’s not the guy that she has in her mind
She thinks that he’d do anything for her
Cause she would for him and that’s how love should work
And he says he loves her from time to time
He’s not the guy that she has in her mind
Avoid Love Until You’re Sure You’re Ready
I fell in love once
too early in life
I saw the world in colour
everything was bright
But now it’s all gone back to dark and dull
