Objectify Me | Put my trauma into a song ;w;

Verse 1

You wear your name like armor plating,

sharpen jokes to keep the room from waiting

on the thing you'd never say out loud —

so you aim it at me, in front of the crowd.

I used to flinch. Now I just smile,

'cause I know what's coming after a while —

the door shuts soft, the mask comes down,

and you're someone else when no one's around.

Chorus

So objectify me, take what you need,

I'll be the silence, I'll be the deed.

Don't call it love, don't call it a name,

just leave the light off, leave me the same.

Objectify me — it's the closest I get,

to something I know I shouldn't want yet.

Verse 2

In daylight I'm a joke that you tell,

in darkness I'm a secret you keep well.

I tell myself that's not so bad —

better this than the nothing I'd have.

If I asked you for more, would you run?

Would the whole thing end before it's begun?

So I don't ask. I just let you use

whatever's left of me you choose.

Chorus

So objectify me, take what you need,

I'll be the silence, I'll be the deed.

Don't call it love, don't call it a name,

just leave the light off, leave me the same.

Objectify me — it's the closest I get,

to something I know I shouldn't want yet.

Bridge

Maybe being wanted's its own kind of love,

some broken cousin of the real thing above.

You don't have to hold me — just hold onto this,

one more hour where I'm not dismissed.

I know what I am to you when the sun comes back up.

I know what I'm not. I know it's enough

to be nothing but useful, to be nothing but near —

better than losing you. Better than clear.

Final Chorus

So objectify me... it's easier this way.

Don't say my name — I don't need you to stay.

Just leave the door open a crack when you go,

so I still believe there's a part of you I know.

Outro Instrumental

it's easier this way

it's easier this way

it's easier this way

it's easier this way

it's easier this way

it's easier this way

it's easier this way

it's easier this way

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