Lyrics
Do you hear that whisper, too
Addressing the presence of an inner voice or intrusive thoughts.
The one that says starve yourself until I'm through
Expressing the harmful suggestion of self-starvation.
Does she tell you to run until you puke
Asking if the inner voice advocates excessive exercise to the point of vomiting.
In a few months time they'll all know what you've been through
Suggesting that in a few months, the public will know about personal struggles.
I don't belong in this body anymore
Feeling disconnected from one's own body.
If I fall, just let me hit the floor
Expressing a desire for support if a metaphorical fall occurs.
She tells me you're nothing if you're not skinny
Describing societal pressure to conform to a thin and attractive standard.
You have to be skinny
Emphasizing the importance of being thin according to societal expectations.
And really, really pretty
Highlighting the additional expectation of being exceptionally pretty.
Empty
Expressing a feeling of emptiness.
Make me empty
Requesting to be made emotionally empty.
Make me nothing
Desiring to be reduced to nothingness.
Make me easy
Expressing a desire to be easily dealt with or manipulated.
I should've seen her coming
Regretting not foreseeing a negative influence.
Everyone conjured her up
Suggesting a collective awareness or creation of the negative influence.
Nine years old and hating my own guts
Recalling a negative self-perception from a young age.
Counting calories until I'm enough
Describing the unhealthy practice of counting calories to feel worthy.
I'll never be normal again, will I
Expressing doubt about returning to a sense of normalcy.
Will I
Repeating the uncertainty about the possibility of recovery.
Please tell me, will I
Pleading for assurance or confirmation about the future.
If she's in your ear, too
Offering to confront and defy the negative influence for someone else.
I'll gladly take her by her neck
Expressing a willingness to confront and overcome the negative inner voice.
Tell her to fuck off and bother me instead
Rejecting the negative influence and asking it to trouble the speaker instead.
Shrink me
Expressing a desire to be psychologically reduced or treated.
Shrink me
Reiterating the plea to be psychologically treated or diminished.
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