im gonna shake my head

Siobhan, come downstairs

you know they're waiting there

put your little dress on

you've been wearing that all day

you say you don't wanna go

you say you don't wanna talk

you say you don't like these people

but i don't know what you want

i'm gonna shake my head

i'm gonna shake my head

you always make it difficult

when everybody's here

i'm gonna shake my head

you need to get out of bed

you don't get to choose everything

just because you're scared

i know you don't like it

i know you want to leave

but everybody has to do things

they don't wanna do, you see

mother said you're acting strange

father said you're being rude

i don't know why you're crying

we're only asking you to move

you look at me so quietly

like i'm supposed to know

you don't wanna wear the pretty things

you don't wanna say hello

i'm gonna shake my head

i'm gonna shake my head

you always make that little face

when something isn't fair

i'm gonna shake my head

you need to fix your hair

you're making everybody worry

when you sit and stare

you said

“please don't make me”

i said

“it's not a big deal”

you said

“i don't want to”

i said

“you'll get over it”

maybe you were telling me

something i should've heard

maybe every little “no” you said

was more than just a word

but i was older

so i thought i knew

i thought that being good for them

was good enough for you

you stopped asking me for help

you stopped coming to my room

you started locking up your door

and humming little tunes

i'd hear you talking to yourself

and i'd just walk away

i thought you'd grow out of it

i thought you'd be okay

i'm gonna shake my head

i'm gonna shake my head

you always make it difficult

i used to think

i'm gonna shake my head

but now i don't know why

because you were only saying “no”

and i never asked you why

Siobhan, come downstairs