17. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You
I close my magical diary.
The mirror holds every entry.
(Thank you, thank you, thank you.)
[VERSE 1]
The dark held me until I could hold myself.
To the woman who kept looking anyway:
thank you for the friction that sharpened me.
Depression showed me the ladder.
Snake's coil taught me to soften.
Venom told me I was still alive.
The strike woke me from sleep.
Boredom bored me into moving.
[PRE-CHORUS]
I love me more than ever now.
I soften where I once braced.
I stay where I once ran.
I let myself be happy.
[CHORUS]
I thank the me who almost gave up.
The mess was the masterpiece.
I saved my thanks for the sunny days —
now I thank the night, too.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
[BRIDGE]
I am the light that fades
and the eye that follows it.
Each sunset is a false self setting.
I die into the horizon and keep breathing.
I found the one between my eyes.
It adores me. I adore it back.
[PRE-CHORUS]
I love me more than ever now.
I soften where I once braced.
I stay where I once ran.
I let myself be happy.
[CHORUS]
I thank the me who almost gave up.
The mess was the masterpiece.
I saved my thanks for the sunny days —
now I thank the night, too.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
[OUTRO]
I used to be afraid of being alone with me.
But actually… the quiet is kind of nice.
Thank you.
