thanK you aIMee

[00:11.09] When I picture my hometown

[00:15.48] There's a bronze, spray-tanned statue of you

[00:21.98] And a plaque underneath it

[00:25.73] That threatens to push me down the stairs at our school

[00:30.31] And it was always the same searing pain

[00:38.57] But I dreamed that one day I could say

[00:41.35] All that time you were throwin' punches

[00:44.10] I was buildin' somethin'

[00:48.10] And I can't forgive the way you made me feel

[00:51.35] Screamed, 'fucK you aIMee' to the night sky

[00:54.14] As the blood was gushin'

[00:58.18] But I can't forget the way you made me heal

[01:11.52] And it wasn't a fair fight

[01:15.52] Or a clean Kill

[01:17.10] Each time that aIMee stomped across my grave

[01:22.15] And then she wrote headlines

[01:25.65] In the local paper laughing at each baby step I'd take

[01:30.21] And it was always the same searing pain

[01:37.96] But I prayed that one day I could say

[01:41.46] All that time you were throwin' punches

[01:44.22] I was buildin' somethin'

[01:47.96] And I couldn't wait to show you it was real

[01:51.47] Screamed 'fucK you aIMee' to the night sky

[01:53.96] As the blood was gushin'

[01:57.96] But I can't forget the way you made me heal

[02:01.46] Everyone knows that my mother is a saintly woman

[02:07.96] But she used to say she wished that you were dead

[02:11.46] I pushed each boulder up the hill

[02:13.76] Your words are still just ringin' in my head, ringin' in my head

[02:20.56] I wrote a thousand songs that you find uncool

[02:25.56] I built a legacy that you can't undo

[02:30.56] But when I count the scars

[02:32.86] There's a moment of truth

[02:35.61] That there wouldn't be this

[02:37.92] If there hadn't been you

[02:51.71] And maybe you've reframed it

[02:55.21] And in your mind you never beat my spirit black and blue

[03:02.01] I don't think you've changed much

[03:05.51] And so I changed your name and any real defining clues

[03:10.06] And one day

[03:12.06] Your kid comes home singing

[03:15.56] A song that only us two is gonna know is about you

[03:20.33] 'Cause

[03:21.64] All that time you were throwin' punches

[03:24.14] It was all for nothin'

[03:28.14] And our town it looks so small from way up here

[03:31.39] Screamed, 'thanK you aIMee'' to the night sky

[03:34.14] And the stars are stunnin'

[03:38.39] 'Cause I can't forget the way you made me heal

[03:41.38] Everyone knows that my mother is a saintly woman

[03:48.13] But she used to say she wished that you were dead

[03:51.14] So I pushed each boulder up that hill

[03:53.88] Your words were still just ringin' in my head, ringin' in my head

[04:03.13] ThanK you aIMee

[04:07.89] ThanK you aIMee