[Chorus]
Listen up
This is the only way I can talk to you without hating myself
Listen up
This is the only way I don't feel helpless now
Listen up
This is the only way I can wrangle some sanity now
Listen up
This is the only way I'm using to keep you

[Verse 1]
So here's what I don't like (Mm)
Being manipulated (Oh)
Being controlled, my body is mine to wield and hold
Being controlled, it wouldn't be me to sit and do what I'm told
So

[Chorus]
Listen up
This is the only way I can talk to you without hating myself
Listen up
This is the only way I don't feel helpless now
Listen up
This is the only way I can wrangle some sanity now
Listen up
This is the only way I'm using to keep you
[Verse 2]
So here's what I don't like
Sarcastic quips
Out of your lips
Dripping venom, give it a lick
And how does it taste?
Not so sweet when you know how it is

[Chorus]
Listen up
This is the only way I can talk to you without hating myself
Listen up
This is the only way I don't feel helpless now
Listen up
This is the only way I can wrangle some sanity now
Listen up
This is the only way I'm using to keep you