Krystal Evette - The Latter Lyrics

Scales over my eyes
While you took everything that's mine
Rip layers off my corneas
Manipulation made me blind
Like I am finally awake
I dreamed of exiting this state
I raise my hands in victory
But it seems that I'm far too late
Looping on repeat
The way I reached defeat
All the nights bleeding
All the nights pleading
Now I'm just seething
At all of your seedlings
You planted in me
And I thought I was healing
Now I'm sitting in the dark
Sitting questioning my heart
Second guessing all my art
My mind starts to fall apart
I was searching for a spark
All that's left now is your mark
Now I'm all bite and all bark
I'm done swinging in your park
Make more wounds
Or patch those you made
You never took the latter
So then I made wounds of my own
Connected them in patterns
The cracks that you and I made
Lead to every time I shattered
But after you discarded me
To you I never mattered
Make more wounds
Or patch those you made
You never took the latter
And now I'm here blaming myself
For not seeing the patterns
I could re-glue the shards
But instead let the pieces shatter
I'm breathing and discarded hope
Nothing left here still matters
Took the scales off of my eyes
But I wish that I had stayed blind
To the truth of every moment
I was comfortable in lies
The things I didn't want to face
The pain I didn't want to chase
Memories I cannot erase
Now constant anguish is my fate
They're praying on my downfall
Hoping that I stay small
I'm no longer his doll
Won't kneel when he says crawl
Now that I can stand tall
Curving all the withdrawal
As I'm building my walls
I'm ready for the last brawl
Ready for the kill
They think I wouldn't but I will
They don't know that I have the skill
Taking crimson, watch it spill
Maybe I'll try every pill
Cuz I've been chasing all the thrills
There's not a void that I can fill
So I just put ink in the quill
Make more wounds
Or patch those you made
You never took the latter
So then I made wounds of my own
Connected them in patterns
The cracks that you and I made
Lead to every time I shattered
But after you discarded me
To you I never mattered
Make more wounds
Or patch those you made
You never took the latter
And now I'm here blaming myself
For not seeing the patterns
I could re-glue the shards
But instead let the pieces shatter
I'm breathing and discarded hope
Nothing left here still matters
I'm breaking through the boards
When I am climbing up the ladder
You used to imply scraps you gave me
Should make me feel flattered
I'm gripping onto gravity
Bracing for returned Saturn
I'll hang the noose off of the rings
If I can't break this pattern
You bathed my house in gasoline
And I still fight the fire
You left so many ashes
That you drove away all buyers
I'm cutting off the plastic shell
And rigging up the wires
I'll steal your eyes cuz you stole mine
Vengeance is my desire
You always held the lighter
But now I've become the arsonist
You had me bend my sense of self
To become your contortionist
The first thing I burned to the ground
Was my internal optimist
Then tie you to the stake
Because 'round here it's burn the narcissist
You never took the latter
Now I'll take it on myself
I'm dragging you down with me
Into your created hell
Dante said nine circles
But I'll take you to the twelfth
You never took the latter
So it's time that we both fell
Make more wounds
Or patch those you made
You never took the latter
You never took the latter
You never took the latter
I could just try to heal myself
But now it doesn't matter
But now it doesn't matter
Now it doesn't matter
I tried to only burn the house
Instead I burnt the town
I tried to only take you
But I took everyone down
I tried to turn the hose on
But instead they all just drowned
They said I was too vicious
And they don't want me around
That's one of many reasons
I don't let myself feel rage
I tried to burn a chapter
But instead burned every page
It always does more damage
When I attempt to engage
And I'm the one to pay
Somehow you always got away
911, what's your emergency?
Help
Please help me