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The Dream Crusher

from You Like Me by Micah Sommersmith

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Boy
Beautiful baby boy
Bright and blazing bolt, jumping jolt of joy
In love
In love with the world all around you
Every moment a miracle, the sights and the sounds all astound you

But they’re gonna pluck you like rose right from the garden
They’ll say the softest parts of you all need to harden
They’ll offer continents to conquer, crowns to wear
If you give up the parts of you that feel and care

They’re gonna throw you in the dream crusher
They’re gonna pull you apart
They’re gonna tear you down, they’re gonna throw you around
They’re gonna break your heart

They’re gonna throw you in the dream crusher
Rip you up at the seams
Turn you from a sacred work of art
To just another moving part in their machine
They’re gonna crush your dreams

Girl
Glorious glittering girl
Flying free with your fearsome flag unfurled
In love
In love with the body you’re given
Wherever you roam, you’re at home in the skin that you live in

But they’re gonna tell you you’ve been broken all along
Point out how every single piece of you is wrong
They’re gonna laugh at every hope you ever cherished
Say all you need is four white horses and a carriage

They’re gonna throw you in the dream crusher
They’re gonna pull you apart
They’re gonna tear you down, they’re gonna throw you around
They’re gonna break your heart

They’re gonna throw you in the dream crusher
Rip you up at the seams
Turn you from a sacred work of art
To just another moving part in their machine
They’re gonna crush your dreams

Child
Cherished and chosen child
Beloved
Wise and wondrous and wild
Stay
Stay in love with yourself
Stay in love with the world, and with everyone else

There’s so much poison that they’ll try to make you swallow
There’s so much noise, but every word of it is hollow
They want your tenderness, my love, they want your pride
They’ve got a box that they want you to fit inside

Don’t let them throw you in the dream crusher
Don’t let them pull you apart
Don’t let them tear you down, don’t let them throw you around,
Don’t let them break your heart

Don’t let them throw you in the dream crusher
Rip you up at the seams
Child, you are a sacred work of art
Not just another moving part in their machine

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from You Like Me, released August 13, 2019

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