I'm underground

But I'm not dead nor buried

I'm sleeping for a while

I know that's not the news you wanna hear

I'm not alone

The second I reach out somebody holds my hand

And pulls me from the six-foot hole

You told me I deserved

So say it one more time

To my face

Say it

If you dare

You could draw my blood with just a word

And I'd forgive you

I promised I would overlook your flaws

I told myself so many times

It's what's inside that counts

But I never found the flower beneath your thorns

You justified

The poison dripping from your tongue

Like it was medicine

Like I was so very sick

And your bile was my only cure

But you lied

You told me that I was someone

Never worth fighting for

I wonder how you'd cope if you could

Only see me now

You wouldn't recognise me

You could draw my blood with just a word

And I'd forgive you

I promised I would overlook your flaws

I told myself so many times

It's what's inside that counts

But I never found the flower beneath your thorns

I was hurt

And I was bleeding

All you did was salt the wounds

And salt my earth

'Cause nothing I could grow

Was good enough for you

It's taken me this long

And the road out is longer still

But you won't drag me back

You never can, you never will

I'd like to take back what's mine

But you're not worth my time

You could draw my blood with just a word

And I'd forgive you

I promised I would overlook your flaws

I told myself so many times

It's what's inside that counts

But I never found the flower beneath your thorns