Whisperers

[Pre Chorus]

There were flowers in my garden, there was fruit in all my trees

There was a trail around the corner leading to the salty sea

But I let myself be blinded by the fire that you spit

Not realizing how bad I'd be burned by it

Not realizing how bad I'd be burned by it

[Chorus]

Life is so absurd

You can search in all the ditches by the bridges that you burned

But you will not find a trace of whatever it was we were

You turned me into quite the flightless bird

When you told me that I couldn't say a word

[Verse 1]

But the façade was cracked and blistering, and so I started whispering

And in the whispers I found profound answers to some mysteries

Tales of classic textbook tactics used to rob people of their agency

Like "don't tell anyone", "don't be so sensitive"

"There is only you and me"

"And I promise you that there's no other girls"

"I'm a recluse, I don't have any other friends"

"It's you and me against the world"

"How dare you accuse me of lying", "You always get so triggered."

"Everything's your fault"

"You're a terrible friend but I would die without you

Now get back in my vault"

You were the puppet master pulling all the strings

You thought you shut us up but we were whispering

With the curtain open, prior was pretend

And what you said to me, you said to all of them

You wanted a mammy, a secret plaything

But I'm not your mother and I'm not your pet

There aren't enough words in that thesaurus app of yours to convince me to forget

[Chorus]

Life is so absurd

You can search in all the ditches by the bridges that you burned

But you will not find a trace of whatever it was we were

You turned me into quite the flightless bird

When you told me that I couldn't say a word

[Verse 2]

There were frogs and snakes and chickens and grapes and cats and bats and thrones

It wasn't a rustic barn. It was a renovated studio five feet from my home

I brought you coffee every morning, but go ahead and tell them that you were all alone

If you're the narrator no one will ever know

But now the narrative is out of your control

[Pre Chorus]

There were flowers in my garden, there was fruit in all my trees

There was a trail around the corner leading to the salty sea

But I let myself be blinded by the fire that you spit

Not realizing how bad I'd be burned by it

Or how you'd break me down and make me feel like shit

I should have known that I'd be blown to bits

You're a ticking time-bomb

I should have known that I'd be blown to bits

[Chorus]

Life is so absurd

You can search in all the ditches by the bridges that you burned

But you will not find a trace of whatever it was we were

You turned me into quite the flightless bird

When you told me that I couldn't say a word

You turned me into quite the flightless bird (or so you thought)

When you told me that I couldn't say a word (but you still got caught)