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I reinvented myself today
I reinvented myself today.
Sometimes it's the only way to keep the voices at bay.
They tell me that I'm not tough, and life's too rough, and some other stuff
What it all boils down to is that I'm not enough
Not good enough
And I want some peace and quiet, just a single moment of goddamn silence
But the quiet is when they get to work—the voices, they thrive in the silence
Self-doubt is a bit of a name-caller
Confidence to Arrogance, Beautiful to Vain, Intelligent to Stuck up B*tch—do you get where I'm going with this?
I am my own antagonist
And this villain sh*t, I'm pretty good at it
So I go through protagonists like one might go through a pack of gum
I'm at the store like once a week and I always need a new one
So I reinvented myself today, threw the voices in my head a curveball, per se
Good luck with this one Anxiety, this version of me hasn't ever heard of propriety
Internalized misogyny, no, you cannot throw hands with me
Dearest Depression, meet trunk of my car, now get in
Paralysis and procrastination, keep on moving, I know it's hard, but this ain't your station
At least not today.
I reinvented myself today.
So I'm safe. For now, anyway.
I am my own antagonist though.
And like I said, this villain sh*t, I'm pretty good at it.
I go through protagonists like one might go through a pack of gum.
I'm going to the store next week and I will probably need a new one.
But I reinvented myself today. To keep the voices at bay.
At least, for now, anyway.
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