Cry Baby

Tears fall to the ground,

Her heart is filled with sadness.

Everyone thinks that she's perfect,

You don't know what happens behind the curtains.

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Corpse kept in the cradle,

All her innocence has died.

Like a horse on a carousel inside an endless fairytale,

Love is always just out of her reach.

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"My ABC's don't need to be taught to me",

Every insult is now stuck in her head.

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Careful, tiptoe, she tries to keep her words in,

Really scared to be vulnerable, so afraid to lose him.

"You've been ridin' two-wheelers all your life,

Baby, step out of your comfort zone and make me yours tonight."

A cruel joke played,

Burning down her pity party takes all the pain away.

Your skin in her teeth, a little bit of poison left,

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Boy, you stole the only thing precious she had kept.

Unable to handle all of her distress,

Take it no longer, she wants to put her demons to rest.

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"I can take her man,"

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Doesn't understand she's making it worse instead of making it end.

"Only a prettier face would've made him stay",

Now, all she thinks about is being able to afford a new face.

The best people are crazy,

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Everyone is mentally gone.

Various boys coming into her house,

Everyone calls her a slut and for that, she is proud.

Never comprehending that lust doesn't equal love,

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Can't call for help because no one cares about the slut.

All the one-night stands and abuse, she's had enough,

"Ridiculous, we're not stupid, we know you were having fun."

Every light loses its glow, and every star dies; if somebody had helped her, she’d probably still be alive.

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Check out Melanie Martinez's "Cry Baby" album; every two lines are connected to a song from it.