i should've known you were nothing but trouble.
from the first day i saw you,
and your seemingly welcoming eyes
met mine.
and i was gone when you smiled.
i swore i was in love but i
didn't know what love was or what
it meant.
i was too young,
too dumb,
and too blind.
too young to see
that controlling behaviour is
not love.
too dumb to see
that every word you spoke
was not truth.
too blind to see that
you were no good for me.
i gave up on my dream for you.
i listened to all the bullshit that came out of your mouth, for what?
you said it wouldn't get me anywhere.
you said i needed a real job that'd get me somewhere in life.
well, tonight i prove you wrong.
tonight, i play in the nutcracker and
i'm going to perform a pas de deux and this time you can't stop me.
i'm doing this for me.
to prove to myself i shouldn't be
walking on eggshells .
i shouldn't fear my safety
in a relationship.
i'm doing this to be safe.
dancing makes me feel safe.
without you, i am safe.
au revoir,
i'm to perform, with my partner,
a pas de deux.
based off 'pas de deux' by dodie clark
