parrots only repeat things they've heard

do you really want to die
and you've never said a nice word
to her
you want to end it?
curtains closing
eyelids sinking
as they cry

you were told
you would die
if you went
somewhere alone
you were called
a b***h and c**t
as a child
don't you think it's wild?

all the things
said to you
you just say them
back to the mirror

you just look
that child in the eye
keep her hidden
keep her crying

oh
have you no shame
oh
do you want to die this way?
this way?

do you really want to die
and you've never said a nice word
to her
want to end it?
curtains closing
eyelids sinking
as they cry

people give themselves too much credit
i know your brain is finite
caged just like a bird
parrots only repeat things they've heard