Don't Protect Me

Pain is a gift

Within reason and when things end

Y'know it feels like a little death

I'm here in the rift

And even though I know that I don't suffer half as much

Who am I to judge the pain I've been in?

'Cause losing makes room

For a new bloom

I thought you would protect me

But I don't need your protection anymore

I don't want a hiding place

I just wanna feel whatever comes my way

Even from a heartbreak like an earthquake

Let it lay me out

I just wanna learn from big mistakes

Instead of fearing everything and staying the same

Even from a bad day like a tidal wave

Let it take me down

I'm tryna to shut it out

But selective numbine's about as possible as tryin' not to blink

Not to think about the one thing on your mind

Around and around

We'll go running in circles trying to keep the spiral from caving in

To say everything's fine

'Cause losing's made room

For a new bloom

I thought you would protect me

But I don't need your protection anymore

I don't want a hiding place

I just wanna feel whatever comes my way

Even from a heartbreak like an earthquake

Let it lay me out

I just wanna learn from big mistakes

Instead of fearing everything and staying the same

Even from a bad day like a tidal wave

Let it take me down

Don't protect me

Don't want protection anymore

Let it wreck me

Take something with me from the floor

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I don't want a hiding place

I just wanna feel whatever comes my way

Even from a heartbreak like an earthquake

Let it lay me out