Bark

I remind myself

you're not looking down at me

you're just looking at me

you're just

maybe making that face

I need to shake it out

of my body

It works differently than yours

I don't know if I like you at all

I've learned to be polite

but when I match your words with your body

it doesn't rhyme

and I want to know if I can trust myself

I wanna know if I've got instincts like my dog

would she bark?

would I bark?

I want to bark

I want to

trust my instincts

but I'm a human after all

and I don't just say that after making a mistake

no I mean it by default

see I unlearned the cues

took the bullets in sturdier shoes

I can change a bloody shirt

but not the truth

chase the ball to earn the chew

chase the ball to earn the che

when I was a girl

I had a bad, bad feeling

my tummy was aching

and I ignored the meaning

my body knew right from wrong

especially when I was young

still I wanna know

if I can trust myself

I wanna know if I've got instincts

like my dog

would she bark?

would I bark?

I want to bark

I want to

trust my instincts

but I'm a human after all

and I don't just say that after making a mistake

no I mean it by default