Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters Lyrics

I've been thinking about when
I was trying to be your friend
I thought it was then
But it wasn't
It wasn't genuine
I was just so furious
But I couldn't show you
'Cause I know you
And I know what you can do
And I don't wanna war with you
I won't afford it
You get sore even when you win

And you maim when you're on offense
But you kill when you're on defense
And you've got them all convinced
That you're the means and the end
All the VIPs and PYTs and wannabes
Afraid of not being your friend
And I've always been too smart for that
But you know what?
My heart was not
I took it like a kid, you see
The cool kids voted to get rid of me
I'm ashamed of what it did to me
What I let get done
They stole my fun
They stole my fun

Fetch the bolt cutters
I've been in here too long
Fetch the bolt cutters
I've been in here too long
Fetch the bolt cutters
I've been in here too long
Fetch the bolt cutters

I've been thinking about (you seemed so nice)
I've been thinking about (I guess you've changed)
When I was trying to be your friend
I thought it was then, but it wasn't
It wasn't genuine

Fetch the bolt cutters
I've been in here too long
Fetch the bolt cutters
I've been in here too long

Whatever happens
Whatever happens

Fetch the bolt cutters
I've been in here too long
I've been in here too long
Fetch the bolt cutters

While I had not yet found my bearings
Those it girls hit the ground
Comparing the way I was, to the way she was
Saying I'm not stylish enough and I cry too much
And I listened because I hadn't found my own voice yet
So all I could hear was the noise that
People make when they don't know shit
But I didn't know that yet
I grew up in the shoes they told me I could fill
When they came around I would stand real still
A girl can roll her eyes at me and kill
I got the idea it wasn't real
I thought being blacklisted
Would be grist for the mill
Until I realized I'm still here
I grew up in the shoes they told me I could fill
Shoes that were not made for running up that hill
And I need to run up that hill
I need to run up that hill
I will, I will, I will, I will, I will

Fetch the bolt cutters
I've been in here too long
Fetch the bolt cutters
Whatever happens
Whatever happens
Fetch the bolt cutters
I've been in here too long
Fetch the bolt cutters
Whatever happens
Whatever happens
Fetch the bolt cutters
I've been
Whatever happens
Whatever happens
Fetch the bolt cutters
Fetch the bolt cutters
Fetch the bolt cutters
Fetch the bolt cutters
Fetch the bolt cutters
Fetch the bolt cutters
Fetch the bolt cutters
Fetch the bolt cutters
Fetch the bolt cutters
Fetch the bolt cutters
Fetch the bolt cutters
Fetch the bolt cutters
Whatever happens
Whatever happens
Whatever happens
Whatever happens
Fetch the bolt cutters