monolith

Melanie Martinez

I m yours for the taking, a piece of clay
Mold me to be what you want today
Shape me, and I ll try my best to stay
I ll stand tall
Give me all your pain and your trauma bond
I ll be the shoulder that you cry on
Listen to the sound of my aching voice
I ll be here

When wolves come to hunt my flesh
I wish someone would save me
Cause God knows that I spend my life
Doing all of the saving
I guess that I ll just be a cardboard cutout or a meme
Whatever they want me to be

I am the monument, the monolith
A wound cracked open for them to pour salt in
Exposed nerves, a tooth that s pulled
A vibrant bouquet
Getting plucked til it s nothing

Hand me the weight of your soul again
I m just a mirror that you live in
Statue of everything that you love
And what you hate
Tell me what it is that I owe you now
While I run my head to the fucking ground
Wish I could get up and run away
But who d be there?

And when I take off my mask
I wish someone would see me
Sullen, bruised, and scorned
A stitched-up doll with their heart beating
I ve said how I felt before
But still, no one was listening
Guess I ll go missing

I am the monument, the monolith
A wound cracked open for them to pour salt in
Exposed nerves, a tooth that s pulled
A vibrant bouquet
Getting plucked til it s nothing

Fantasize, romanticize
Infantilize and project lies
Dehumanize and scrutinize
God, why won t you euthanize me?
A pillar, an icon, a relic, a ruin
A demon, a whore, a girl who s stupid
A pillar, an icon, a relic, a ruin
A demon, a whore, a girl who s stupid
A pillar, an icon, a relic, a ruin
A demon, a whore, a girl who s stupid
A pillar, an icon, a relic, a ruin
A demon, a whore, a girl who s stupid
A pillar, an icon, a relic, a ruin
A demon, a whore, a girl who s stupid
A pillar, an icon, a relic, a ruin
A demon, a whore, a girl who s stupid