Anna Madorsky

Lyrics

Two children play in the sandbox
two children picking up their toys
one child breaks the other’s favorite one
the girl’s unwelcome introduction to boys
Her second trip into insanity
when she came out at the other end
said “love is at the whim of tricksters
I won’t jump into that ring again”
Friendly fire has left me on the brink
as my head starts to sink
so I don’t need to think, I’ve had
time enough fully to contemplate
just how these wars are waged
and I don’t need to play, I’ve done it
Abandon any thought of virtue
it’s not for the faint of heart
you better get yourself acquainted
with all the games that they talk about
chorus
It’s exhausting just for me to think about
the tenderness that we call love
getting siphoned through all these vulgarities
a bait and switch I can’t be part of
I’ve had it
(I’m on my own it’s better than you
I’m all alone it’s better than you)