Worm from ODDBIRD by Wren Dove Lark

And I’m so fucking depressed
I get in my own head
And make sense of my mess
‘Cause what else can I do?
This heart that’s always beating
This mind that’s always reeling
They’re interlocked with you

And all the memories I have
The time that I let pass
Feeling impending doom
You had me believing
I should hate myself for being
Something of no value to you

And like a little parasite
You wriggle your way back inside
Every single crevice of my life

And I will never be enough
So I’m done trying to measure up
There’s a levity I feel in giving up

When you say
“The early bird—it gets the worm first”
Well, I think waking up is the worst

And I’m so sick of your mentality
The second worm—it’s just as good to me

And tears to the girl I pushed inside
The mask that I applied
The part of me that died
She never will return
Her confidence was bubbling
Her body was worth loving
But you told me to burn

And change
The parts that you found strange
The parts that weren’t the same
Make them work for you
This heart is always breaking
Theses hands are always shaking
Because you wanted them to

And like a little parasite
You wriggle your way back inside
Every single crevice of my life

And I will never be enough
So I’m done trying to measure up
There’s a levity I feel in giving up

When you say
“The early bird—it gets the worm first”
Well, I think waking up is the worst

And I’m so sick of your mentality
The second worm—it’s just as good to me

And I am done competing here
With you
And the oceans you pollute
And the money that you make
And the violence you create
And the lies you choose to tell
And the forests that you’ve felled
And the thresholds that we’ve passed
And this world that may not last
This atmosphere around me
I can feel it burning
And it’s purging
Every last connection to you

And like a little parasite
You wriggle your way back inside
Every single crevice of my life

But I have found some peace in truth
And I’m done having shit to prove
There’s a levity I feel in giving up on you

When you say
“The early bird—it gets the worm first”
Well, I think waking up is the worst

And I’m so sick of your mentality
The second worm—it’s just as good to me

• Pop
• dance pop
• diy
• indie pop
• sample-based pop
• transgender
• Newark