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they tell her she needs help
they tell her she can't live like this
they tell her she's doing it badly
they tell her she's wrong, she's wrong, she's wrong

she sets her heart on fire and
sends out smoke signals but they say, no,
you're doing it wrong,
she tries and she fails and she's wrong, wrong, wrong

there is a scream building in her throat
and she swallows it
like she swallows the bile, the words, the tears
like she swallows the panic attacks
that are not allowed to escape

because panic attacks are wrong
because she is wrong, she is failing,
she is flailing, she is falling,
she needs help, so she asks for it, and no one listens
she needs help, so she asks for it, and she doesn't get it
she doesn't get it

they tell her she can't live like this
but she has always lived like this and
what is the alternative?
she tries and she fails and she tries and she fails
she fails, she fails, she fails and she lives
she can live like this

she is wrong, wrong, wrong, she doesn't get it
she asks for help and she doesn't get it
she doesn't ask for help and no one cares
she is wrong, and no one cares
she is swallowing back tears, and no one cares

they tell her she needs help
but no one cares and no one listens
and she asks and she does not receive
and she can live like this
she has always lived like this

she is wrong, wrong, wrong and her heart is on fire
she needs it for warmth
one steady stream of consciousness. possibly my sub-conscious crying for help.

(do not like the ending.)
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