Pay No Mind

She was dancing, she was smiling
Roses blooming in her cheeks
In her quiet kind of litany
She accepted some defeat
And then she twirled into the arms
Of disgrace, and then repelled
Now she's fallin' to her knees
But you couldn't ever tell.

And then, she asked me how we got here
I told her I don't know
And if you keep on asking
I'll just keep saying so
This isn't what I wanted
It isn't what you need
But let them keep on talking
Just calm yourself and
Pay, don't you pay them any mind
Don't you pay them any mind
You know this happens every time
Now don't you pay them (any mind)

By the burdens of her mother
We'll make sound based off their eyes
As she closes, just to open
As the sirens wailing by
And now she's off to tell a secret
To her friend somewhere in town
And her friend just takes a moment
And asks why I'm not around.

Darling, this is something
I should have told you long ago
I just want you to feel safe
I just want to make you glow
Oh, how you glowed when we were young
And with nothing on our minds
But each other, one another
And we had nothing but more time.

And then, she asked me how we got here
I told her I don't know
And if you keep on asking
I'll just keep saying
So, this isn't what I wanted
It isn't what you need
But let them keep on talking
Just calm yourself and
Pay, don't you pay them any mind
Don't you pay them any mind
You know this happens every time
Now don't you pay them any mind.

Why do we have to, go through this every time.

Some days you hear it (don't listen, I'll carry you)
Some days you don't (to the universe we'll never go)
Sometimes you feel it (it's not worth it, help me)
Sometimes you won't.

Just calm yourself and
Pay, don't you pay them any mind
Don't you pay them any mind
You know this happens every time
Now don't you pay them any mind
Don't you pay them any mind
Don't you pay them any mind
You know this happens every time
Now don't you pay them any mind.