multiple + personality + disorder = friends for life

You started as a school friend
We wrote it on my bed
Some good things last forever
And others drown instead
On my way to your apartment
You had problems with your head
You asked for an extension
On the promises we kept

You know I hate it when
I have to see you bruised
It fucks your confidence
It's every second you lose
To this consequence of "you're beautiful"
I can't let it win
We've got to see this through

Your public limitations
Meant visits weren't your friend
We spent our time on puzzles
That didn't have an end
I painted you a portrait
Of Annie Erin Clark
To make you feel at home with
The nurses after dark

You know I love it when
I get to see you smile with teeth
At stupid things
Like our imaginary beef with William Shatner
And all the bullshit that he speaks

You know I love you the best
We started with so many friends
We've only got seven left
So take your hand and put it on my chest
There's something really big in there
And no one gets access

Cause there's always something
In the marks on your face
The ringing in your ears that screams
"Don't look this way"
When everything's perfect
But you're not okay
You start to get the feeling
You might be erased
There's always something
That screams out loud
And no one hears it
Until you shout
"I'm putting me first"
"I'm putting me first"
"I'm putting me first"
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"I'm putting me first"
"I'm putting me first"
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"I'm putting me first"
"I'm putting me first"
"I'm putting me first"
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"I'm putting me first"
"I'm putting me first"