Not Your Story

Passed around from home to home A complicated and heavy tome Called nothing special with no words to say Worth only my picture and how much I weigh I pulled your heart, you misunderstood Now my ink bleeds like it damn well should Countless memories of my broken heart Been abused torn and ripped apart And I'm built from the things that broke me Although well-read tattered and torn Hidden lines within my pages Secrets hidden since I was born And you're shocked by the revelations Held together by pieces of twine I've built strength from every shelving This is not your story But mine Of course you know how the story ends With just one little glance at the cover No award or special featurette Yet a diamond to be discovered You think you read me like a library book But you don't bother to take a second look Silently just waiting in the pile My love that's hidden broken n bent with denial And I'm built from the things that broke me Although well-read tattered and torn Hidden lines within my pages Secrets hidden since I was born And you're shocked by the revelations Held together by pieces of twine I've built strength from every shelving This is not your story I'm gonna re-write my pages in my library book Take back my name and the love you took Damn your lies and damn my broken heart This is not how this ends but how it starts And I'm built from the things And I'm built from the things And I'm built from the things And I'm built from the things that broke me Although well-read tattered and torn Hidden lines within my pages Secrets hidden since I was born And you're shocked by the revelations Held together by pieces of twine I've built strength from every shelving This is not your story But mine