I Was a Teenage Cyborg

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That day in the library I told you the truth
and you sculpted me into a machine with nothing else to lose
you gave me laser eyes and Gatlin guns for arms
put a microchip inside my brain and put me behind bars
and like a teenage boy trying to remove his braces
I will take a pair of pliers and dig out all the pieces that belong to you
I don't want em I don't need them to help me find my way
heard your voice ringing in my ears since I failed you in 7th grade

With my new found powers I will kill everyone from high school
with these military-grade explosives, they'll all be sorry
with these rocket launchers, I will level the whole town
from walnut creek all the way to broad and 360
and with it dies the very worst years of my life

You filled my head with hopes and aspirations
till my body count was well into the millions of people I'd loved
I'd send you pictures of their bruised and bloody faces
and listen to them try to speak as they choke on their own blood
and like a younger me pleading with a god I loved
I will kick and scream and hurt myself until you have given up and let me die
with a smile on my face and a cigarette in my mouth
when I walk into the darkness I hope no one is around

With my new found powers I'll return with the utmost vengeance
and kill everyone who has ever owned an apple watch
with my brand new body, I will be beautiful and pretty
and I will love you more than ever, bad decisions can't be stopped
and with them I will recreate the very worst years of my life

That day in the library I told you the truth
I didn't know things would get this bad and I would regret meeting you
now you can't stop me, the empathy or lack thereof
the hours spent in solitary not trying to throw up
should've cleaned my room should've made my bed
should've done a lot of things but I didn't
but I didn't

With my new found powers I will kill everyone from high school
with these military-grade explosives, they'll all be sorry
with these rocket launchers, I will level the whole town
from walnut creek all the way to broad and 360
and with it dies the very worst years of my life

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from HappyHappy, released May 15, 2018

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