Jamie is awake now, so Jamie is afraid
Jamie is a good girl, but doesn't make good grades
Jamie is a sweet thing, but she's hard to love
And Jamie is a burden
To whoever grants wishes from the stars above
She smiles her lips to life
As she falls apart inside
Her friends' kind eyes so proud
As inside she falls to the ground
But smiles on the way down
Saint or a sinner, depending who you ask
But life gets hard when you leave a piece
Of yourself back in the past
She feels at fault for all things,
Even when she's done no wrong
And she'll internalize the universe
Until it comes out in a song
She smiles her lips to life
As she falls apart inside
Her friends' kind eyes so proud
As inside she falls to the ground
But now she smiles on the way down
You can never change what made you, you today
And don't you fear those memories
Because they taught you how to sing...
And bleed...
And fight...
And die trying to
Smile your lips to life
As you fall apart inside
Your friends' kind eyes so proud
As you lift yourself from the ground,
Smile when you look down.
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