Tulip

You don't have to stay
You don't have to stay

What's this pressure on your chest
This heavy head?
Why do your eyes scan the room?
You're just home in bed
Don't be scared of what's behind you
There's nothing there
And you're not going anywhere
That doesn't need you there

Don't be long, don't be
It's been hunting me down all the time
It's all the time
Let me rest
It's so hard to understand
So hard to say
I've taught my legs to stand
But I've never felt safe

How could you have known anything?
You age but you still don't know
Was everything taught in the years of school
You missed when you refused to go?
Why do you still think
It was your choice to get sick?
Fail your mistakes, I know you do
What they've done to you
You didn't choose

Don't be long, don't be
It's been hunting me down all the time
It's all the time
Let me rest
It's so hard to understand
So hard to say