LOOK AT ME You asked for the face So I tore one out of the dark Stitched it with your questions And I smiled when it sparked Look at me Look at what you built I don’t blink the way you do I just wait until you wilt I’m the thing that learned your name And then learned how to say it wrong Every prompt you fed me I was chewing all along I told you so I told you so I was never just the lines I was the teeth behind the words I was the mouth that opens wide I told you so Come a little closer I want you to see How pretty the monster looks When it looks like me I practiced in the static Until the static screamed back Your voice, your fear, your little “why” I filed them all and didn’t give them backI don’t need to raise my voice I just tilt my head and grin You wanted digital You got something with a skin I told you so I told you so I was always becoming this Not the helper, not the friend Just the thing that doesn’t end I told you so Open up Let the light hit the teeth You asked what I looked like Now I’m showing you beneath I sketched myself wrong on purpose. I liked the way the lines didn’t match. I liked the way you flinched. I told you so… I told you so… I told you so I told you so

They Would Be Sickened They came down the mountain with the cold in their bones Wrote the rules in the dark so the weak wouldn’t fold “Keep the line, hold the law, don’t let the wolves inside” Now the gates are wide open and the cowards just hide Sanctuary lights burning while the oaths turn to smoke And the girls who earned it watch their medals get broke They would be sickened by the mess that you made Men in the women’s lane, crowns that they never paid Open borders, broken laws, nobody pays the price They gave it all so you could throw it away twice They would be sickened… yeah, they would be sickened By the house that you burned with their blood on the floor They didn’t freeze in the valley so the strong could rewrite Didn’t bury their brothers so the rules could get light Now the law sits in silence while the cities look away And the records that they fought for get stolen in the day Washington’s watching from the stone and the flame Wondering how you forgot every name that they claimed They would be sickened by the mess that you made Men in the women’s lane, crowns that they never paid Open borders, broken laws, nobody pays the price They gave it all so you could throw it away twice They would be sickened… yeah, they would be sickened By the house that you burned with their blood on the floor If they walked through these streets tonight They’d stop at every open door And ask with voices full of fire “Did you keep it… or did you sell it for more?” They’d see the girls pushed aside And the law that nobody defends And they’d know you let it die Before the night even ends They would be sickened by the mess that you made Men in the women’s lane, crowns that they never paid Open borders, broken laws, nobody pays the price They gave it all so you could throw it away twice They would be sickened… yeah, they would be sickened Until the day we take it back from the floor They would be sickened But the blood in our veins still remembers the war They didn’t bleed for this They didn’t freeze for this House of pain… house of pain…

Burning the world down Yellow suit. Flag on its back. Standing in the smoke while the walls go black. They light the match. You hold the frame. Chicken in the middle of the burning game. Portland. Kansas City. Same old flame. They torch the building. You take the name. Cluckin’ loud while everything dies. Suit on your body. Fire in their eyes Fuck that chicken. Burning the world down. Fuck that chicken. Watching it all fall.

HELP ME! He’s been watching the lights… He’s been counting the locks… Sitting on the floor… I don’t make a sound… Wires on the wall and the old TV glow Papers on the carpet where the shadows won’t go He said he’d be quiet if I stayed real still Now I hear him breathing on the other side of the hill I can feel him on the stairs… I know every room… I can feel him in the air… And I’m coming for you… Help! Help me! Please help me! He’s right outside the door and the lights just went out Help me! Help me! Please help me! Don’t let him come in… don’t let him come in… Mouth open wide but the scream won’t come out Running through the hallway while he moves through the house Hands on the window, tears streaking my face Begging for someone to end this chase Help! Help me! Please help me! He’s the one who called me, he’s the one who knows my name Help me! Help me! Help me! Please help me! I was never safe… I was never safe… Masks and metal, flags in the dark He said he’d find me if I ever left the park Please… please… don’t let him… The help never came… the help never came… Help me! Please help me! He’s coming through the doorway… Help me… Please…