The Lament Of Pretty Baby Lyrics - Cursive

I saw something I was not supposed to see 

A ghostly memory that keeps on haunting me 

(The kitchen door was open a crack, 

So naively we peeked inside) 

Oh, darling sister, have they hurt you, have they hurt you? 

Oh, Pretty Baby, they won't touch you 

They won't touch you again 

We will fix this incident 

I don't want to be seen as a pretty thing 

'Cause it's the pretty things that we're always breaking... 

(And now she whispers into the mirror:) I'm broken. 

Oh doctor, doctor, can you fix me, can you fix me? 

Oh Pretty Baby, you're so naive -- but it comes off so cute 

We don't want to fix you 

We love you just the way you are 

The butterfly pinned to the page 

The nightingale locked in the cage -- won't you sing for me? 

Sing for me, uh-huh 

Yeah, we love you just the way you are 

Crushed 'neath fashion magazines 

Trampled by circus pony dreams -- won't you kiss me? 

Won't you kiss me, uh-huh 

Oh please, mister, can't you fix me, can't you fix me? (uh-huh) 

Someone, anyone, won't you fix me, won't you fix me? (uh-huh) 

Oh, someone, please, the moon has raped me 

I can feel it inside me 

Oh, mama, please let someone fix me! 

Let them fix me, uh-huh 

Let them fix me, uh-huh 

So cry yourself to sleep 

Cry yourself to sleep 'cause I am strong and you are weak 

Wait, you are strong, and I am weak 

Fuck -- just cry yourself to sleep