Safety First from CHAOTICA by Beccy Owen & The Refuge

Safety First

I’ll absorb your fury sir
I’ll even take the blame 

you rage on and I will
purr we’re colonising shame
I will accommodate buckle and tolerate

never emasculate to survive

heartbeat thumping I defer
it’s better for my health

you’re the weather I’m demure

and become distanced from myself

i’m so tired of being kind to angry men

safety first I’ve rehearsed like a maniac

i’m so tired of locking rooms up in me once again

safety first safety first safety first safety first safety first

movements come and movements go 

walking on eggshells and tightropes

I will soothe myself myself
it’s not despair that hurts it’s hope

I’m so tired of being kind to angry men

safety first I’ve rehearsed like a maniac

I’m so tired of locking rooms up in me once again

safety first there’s no worse aphrodisiac

I will accommodate buckle and tolerate then I’ll self-medicate


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• piano
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• singer
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