Sophie Pecora - 7th Grade

I was torn down in the 7th grade
All the things people used to say
It stuck in my mind, now it'll come for me
My heart used to beat until the 7th grade
It's getting hard to even say anything
It stuck in my mind, now it'll come for me

I hate words sometimes
They're so powerful but not mine
When I try to talk I say I'm fine
No one ever really knows I'm lying
Sitting in the classroom's worse than cryin'
Try to hide it, my face is burning up
Teacher says "no test today," I act excited
That's what everyone else is doing
I gotta get through it
Hold my pencil in my hand so tight I think I'll get some bruises
I'm that clueless, I'm that clueless
They always say not to talk down on myself, but that's what everyone else is doing
That's what everyone else is doing
I gotta get through it
Hold my pencil in my hand so tight I think I'll get some bruises
I'm not clueless
I don't think so, at least
But why can't I figure out why people that are soft sometimes act like beasts?

I was torn down in the 7th grade
All the things people used to say
It stuck in my mind, now it'll come for me
My heart used to beat until the 7th grade
It's getting hard to even say anything
It stuck in my mind, now it'll come for me

So many stories, but people still think they're alone
Every eyeball staring at them's another crack to the bone
And every heart it rejects, all day they wanna go home
And when they do, they just start crying from the jokes that were told
"How do these people that don't know me hurt me so bad?"
I might just be too sensitive, why am I always so sad?
But all day I hide my sadness way deep down inside my heart
And if I show it to anybody, they would rip it all apart
No, we're not paranoid, just grown to be aware
If they act all nice at first and even save you up a chair
What do they want? This is a trick, this is a trap
I can't go on, hide in the bathroom till they're gone
No way someone would actually want me

I was torn down in the 7th grade
All the things people used to say
It stuck in my mind, now it'll come for me
My heart used to beat until the 7th grade
It's getting hard to even say anything
It stuck in my mind, now it'll come for me

I was torn down, torn down, torn down, torn down, torn down
And now I know to feel, well it's okay
I've heard the words, won't take them to my grave

I was torn down in the 7th grade
All the things people used to say
It stuck in my mind, now it'll come for me
My heart used to beat until the 7th grade
It's getting hard to even say anything
It stuck in my mind, now it'll come for me

I was torn down, torn down, torn down, torn down, torn down
I was torn down, torn down, torn down, torn down, torn
I was torn down in the 7th grade