paper

safe and sound

"stick to the stuff you know,
if you wanna be cool
follow one simple rule:
don't mess with the flow, no, no,
stick to the status quo"

- - - - -

look and me and think,
she's that smarty who talks a lot
and it's okay, as long as i'm
not bottom of the food chain. i
don't want more eyes on me
than i already have. it's comforting
to be an in between, invisible
to the jocks and fash queens and
better than the weak. it's
safe.

i am not.

i have a secret, i have terrible
secrets that would throw me
off the popularity ladder. i'm
going to be the ground it stands
on. i'm going to be pointed at. i'm
going to be noticed. that's why i
don't tell you my music tastes, don't
tell you i write, don't tell you i care,
don't tell you who i am. you don't
know who i am. that's fine with
me, as long as my secrets are
safe.

i am not.

i'll just go with the flow and
pretend i'm one of you when
i'm really not. carefree and
open would fit me as well
as an XS jeans would, but sure,
i'll choke myself into those labels
if it means that i'm normal.
stick with the status quo,
give up your individuality and
smile. you're cool and hip now. you're
safe.

and sound.

i just rewatched hsm and i love it :~) happy (early) lunar new year!