Fermata - Sorority Noise

She wakes up at at 7:30 sharp

To the sound of an alarm

Playing a harsh noise in lieu of a bell

Sits up in her bed and tries to reexamine

Her life choices and the voice in her head

Looks out the second story window that’s still cracked from the night before

A freezing wind blows under her shirt again

And it’s probably not the first time and probably not the last

Blood-soaked sheets in a bath of red wine

Isn’t it funny how our half-dead bodies intertwine?

She said, «Would it kill you to take your socks off at night?»

So she looks in the mirror for the third time this month

Into feeling safe and unsure in her skin

Despite constant encouragement from her family and her friends

She has kind of stopped breathing again

Isn’t it funny how our half-dead bodies intertwine?

She said, «I miss when you made me feel nice.»

So I sit up in my bed and try to reexamine

My life choices and the voice in my head

It is not about me

What can I do to make you see

I am lucky just to know you’re alive?

Before you leave, make sure the door’s locked twice