Be Around

Became everything you told me and then some
Till you took my liberty for ransom
Gave me the name and grieved me like I was your dead son
I’m finally alive but I guess I’m the dead one

Trade me in for a new Benz
Diving deep into appearances you knew bends
‘Cause a dead son’s digestible for your friends
So when you pull up to the grave where me and you ended

Don’t cry
Don’t shed a tear
Save your water for your beautiful lawn
Save your salt for when the pepper is gone
Throw some money at the wall and see what sticks

Don’t expect me to be around
When I can’t even be me around you
Don’t expect me to be around
When I can’t even be myself around you

I’m so sorry that your love has prerequisites
And I’m the one with a deficit
You got tired of the weight of the life you gave me
Now I’m the one who’s left with it

Interrogations to address the issue
Could be curing cancer, why’s a dress the issue?
Just wanna open up but I can’t express that with you
When you hate my nature and deny my nomenclature

Don’t cry
Don’t shed a tear
Save your water for your beautiful lawn
Save your salt for when the pepper is gone
You can break every single clock but it’ll still tick

Don’t expect me to be around
When I can’t even be me around you
Don’t expect me to be around
When I can’t even be myself around you

This dollhouse is picture-perfect
As we sit in silence inside your car
This dollhouse just isn’t worth it
I don’t give a fuck enough to play the part
You made for me
It’s plain to see
If I’m not yours, then whose could I be?
When you’re all alone in a house not a home
I hope you think of me

Don’t expect me to be around
When I can’t even be me around you
Don’t expect me to be around
When I can’t even be myself around you

Don’t expect me
Don’t expect me
Don’t expect me

Don’t expect me
Don’t expect me