i choose violence

You told me I was eighteen going on thirty-five. You made me feel like the smartest human alive. I thought I was clever, but you were cleverer. You said you never fell in love like you Did with me. You paid for all the hotels, I paid for Fake IDs. I spent the last ten years trying to piece It together. I went to therapy religiously, I never sleep. I made my brother promise me he'd let you Live. And I guess I could forgive. But I choose violence, I choose War. For all the little girls that should be Warned. I could choose silence, But what for? You took my innocence, now I'll take Yours. So I choose violence. And I might die trying. Now you're probably her world, and she won't Understand. That all you need is a girl to Feel like a man. Tell your friends she's a friend at your hometown Dive. But when you were thirteen, she wasn't alive. And by the time you were eighteen, well, That girl was five. You had a teaching degree while she was learning How to drive. And you'll make her feel safe, Like you made me feel safe. Like, oh, my God, you're so mature for your Age. Except she's not your age. So I choose violence, I choose War. For all the little girls that should be Warned. I could choose silence, But what for? You took my innocence, now I'll take Yours. And you'll choose hiding At forty-four. In your mother's house, she'll guard the door. But I'll choose anger, I'll choose rage. When I build an army of girls half your Age. Oh, we'll choose violence, we'll choose War. And every little girl will be Warned. We won't choose silence, Not anymore. You took our innocence, now we'll take Yours. So I choose violence. And maybe I'll die trying