Soft & Sweet - An Introduction Lyrics

Hey, Kate
Turn the record player down
Stop trying to cover up
The way that you feel, when you're feeling down
Just try to rationalize
And keep your head on straight
Your mind's a loaded chamber
You'd pull the trigger, but you're shooting blanks
And you shouldn't hate yourself
For reasons you'd love on anybody else
You don't know how to compromise
Caught in a juxtaposition between love and hate
And wrong and right

She said
"Now I realize my life was a mess
The only thing that they'll see is a boy in a dress
With low self-esteem and a cardboard chest
I've gotta do better than this.
So I'll tell 'em 'You're right!'
And 'This was all in my head'
But if I keep on lying, well then I'm better off dead
Maybe it was for the best, 'cause if you look at my past
I wasn't build to last"

And last night
Was a perfect example
Of how this shakes her
She stared at the letter the entire night, but she never left it
That's when she felt defeat
She laid in my bed
Shielding herself from the Summer heat
And when she woke up
She nearly blacked out
Her stomach was twisting
And her head began to fill with doubt
So when she left it
She felt a weight on her chest
She stayed waiting for hours
Telling herself that this was for the best
Or at least she hoped so

And she said
"Now I realize my life was a mess
The only thing that they'll see is a boy in a dress
With low self-esteem and a cardboard chest
I've gotta do better than this.
So I'll tell them 'You're right!'
And 'This was all in my head'
But if I keep on lying, well then I'm better off dead
Maybe it was for the best, 'cause if you look at my past
I wasn't built to last"

"Some things I've never admitted
Like how my only dress came from a bad night
And my love for you was just an excuse to
Try and make me feel something that I know is real
And now I know
It's always gonna be

Now I realize my life is a mess
But I'm still trying to be, just a girl in a dress
Who people can see without a weight on her chest
I had to do better than this"