Wires at the end of a belt
Did they say that to anybody else?
Did the strap wake you from your sleep?
How's it hurt you more than it hurts me?
Words to live by, ways to be
Wires at the end of a belt
Did they say that to anybody else?
Did the strap wake you from your sleep?
How's it hurt you more than it hurts me?
Words to live by, ways to be
I only trust you if there's blood drawn
Confuse wrath for bein' loved on
(Loved on)
(I only)
I only trust you if there's blood drawn
Confusin' wrath for bein' loved on
Nah, this a different kind of love song
Woo
Black leather frayed, torn
I'd rather this belt than that one
This one please
(This one) Please
I'd rather this belt than that one (This one)
Everybody choose up, you best not run
Sometimes we was cryin' in the end
Sometimes by myself tracin' where the skin broke
Chokin' on my own snot, welts rose
I'm the closest thing to heaven in this hellhole
Watch me not get older, I'ma have to show
All I know is
Wouldn't tell you if you ask first
(Please, I only trust you if there's blood drawn, please)
Premium I'm payin' too damn high like the rent been
All penance accepted
My childhood god complex screamin', "They know not what they do"
Before I could swing on them, better know I'd steal on you
Wires at the end of a belt
Did they say that to anybody else?
Did the strap wake you from your sleep?
How's it hurt you more than it hurts me?
Words to live by, ways to be
Wires at the end of a belt
Did they say that to anybody else?
It's, it's nonnegotiable
And what happens is over time it changes the way a child's brain thinks
The actual architecture in the brain, you know, um, gets, gets altered, you know
Wiring, their, their— this all affects cognition, learning, um, emotional regulation
It causes wear and tear on the immune system
So all these things may not show up until after puberty
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