Cut me at the Seams

Yasmine Shmara, Writer

Won’t you come play with me?
Won’t you come unravel me?
Unravel all my deadly secrets,
And you’ll see I’m all blood and bone

I was cotton captured,
Bound by string,
Had a smile sewn into my face,
And all but God knew I was unhappy,

Cut me at the seams,
With good intentions and bad fortunes
Cut me at the seams,
With wide eyes and false connections

Come into the attic,
Where all I see are cobwebs,
And maybe that’s why I’m bitter,
Spiders have run through me,
The devil let them in

I’m not who I say I am,
You haven’t read me correctly,
I’m glass when you see paper,
I’m poison when you see perfume,
I’m a knife when you see a needle
I can’t stop what I think

Cut me at the seams,
With good intentions and bad fortunes,
Cut me at the seams,
With wide eyes and false connections

Won’t you come a little closer?
I’m sorry if I scared you off,
I’m a bit twisted
I’m a bloodied voodoo doll,
What you stick in me,
Will stick to me for ages,
And that’s not all good
My anxiety fuels the voodoo’s spirit

I hope you’ll forgive me,
For this show,
For I am not who you think,
My smile’s only a mask,
And my heart beat is only a distraction,
To what’s really within me
Cotton and needles,
Are my only soul