My Pet Lion - Juliana Hatfield

There’s a moment

In everyday

Right before

It’s too late

Innocent child

Sees the truth

But your mother

Never knew

You snuck downstairs

And doused the flames

All in vain

Can’t hold on

Gotta let go

Can’t hold on

Gotta let go

You know just what you want

You want ice cream and bags of chips

And chocolate and blood and guts

And drugs and sex and cigarettes

I got tricks

To keep me in line

Like being good for a wine ???

I sit on my hands

My heart speeds up

So I just do it — huh fuck

I can’t hold on

Gotta let go

I can’t hold on

Gotta let go

Make me wild

Let me melt

Inside a house

On stormy seas

The roof is leaking

Under the waves

There is no light

And everyone’s sleeping

I’m so afraid

I’m not in control

It’s out of control

Rip me to shreds

And spit it out all over the world

Make me wild

There’s a moment

In every day

Just before

It’s too late

I can’t hold on

Gotta let go

Can’t hold on

Gotta let go

I can’t hold on

Gotta let go