people say that
they're too hard
to swallow
they're like knives
sliding down
and they're slashing
at your throat
don't choke
just take the pain
cos it's bitter
and it's medicine
it's healing
for the wounds
on their lungs
but you can't breathe
cos your breath
has been stung
by the bees
in search of honey
but nothing
is no longer sweet
inside your mouth
and your spit is now
salt and vinegar
don't let it fly out
and the girls be like
"wow!

i'm repaired
my heart is working
gears are turning
the poison in my veins
showing up as tattoos
aren't so deadly again"
and they leave you drained
time to rejuvenate!

but me
i'm a jawbreaker
keep chewing
keep losing all your
teeth
get left with your gum
and now you can't eat
and there is no recovery
from trying to bite me
so yuh like me?
but can yuh handle raw meat?
i'm not cooked right
i'm underdone
have fun trying to
eat me up
not like those other girls
who're sour going down
your tongue
at least you can
handle a little burn

but my burn
isn't burning
it's numbing
you're bones are melting
and they're sticking
boy you're sinking
in a tar pit
or a snake pit?
hear them hiss
biting at your flesh
peeling off you're skin
venom running through
your aching veins
like a stampede of people
rushing, trying to get out
oh god you're veins are
bursting

you're cursing
i told yuh
your rigid
at a stand still
still numb
still in pain
i'm medusa
stare at my snakes
hypnotism is my minor
but stealing breath
is my major
another major
is being a jawbreaker.

you're the saviour
for the breakable
but the breakables
are fixables
and i'm a fucking puzzle,
find my pieces
then we'll meet up
and we'll talk
if you can get past
my hard shell
and digest an acid tongue

those girls
with those words
saying that you can chew
but swallowing
will leave a hole
in your throat
but with me
you break teeth
so babe just leave
me to be
who i be
can't you see
jawbreakers
break jaws
and swallow teeth.

you need the a/c?
can't handle my heat?
what did i tell you
with your tooth
in between my teeth
everytime
your hand holds mine
i squeeze
and you swear that you
die

my skin is iron
my flesh is steel
have fun trying to
dig holes into my amour
everyday you put a
piece of me
at your teeth
and they squeeze
what a violent hug
where's the subtlety?
such a gentleman
with no chivalry.

you're the saviour
for the breakable
but the breakables
are fixables
and i'm a fucking puzzle,
find my pieces
then we'll meet up
and we'll talk
if you can get past
my hard shell
and digest an acid tongue

those girls
with those words
saying that you can chew
but swallowing
will leave a hole
in your throat
but with me
you break teeth
so babe just leave
me to be
who i be
can't you see
jawbreakers
break jaws
and swallow teeth.

don't you
realize
by now

that if i want
to need a guy
i want one
who's gentle
who's patient
but still a
rebel
with tattoos
and doesn't
want me
for my complexity
ease his perplexity
then leave me
when he solved the riddle
that is me

what are fixables?
they are toys
that are broken
use some glue
and if that don't work
maybe they're too far gone?
host a funeral
death of a childhood
that child forever lost

what are fixables?
they're not me
don't compare me
or the rest of humanity
to devices that are glitching
something wrong with their
system and their breaking
need a programmer
to reprogram
the program
set them on a new track
with a new pace
fix them cos you can
but you can't fix people
cos we're not broken

we're just missing
some part of our
person.

you're the saviour
for the breakable
but the breakables
are fixables
and i'm a fucking puzzle,
find my pieces
then we'll meet up
and we'll talk
if you can get past
my hard shell
and digest an acid tongue

those girls
with those words
saying that you can chew
but swallowing
will leave a hole
in your throat
but with me
you break teeth
so babe just leave
me to be
who i be
can't you see
jawbreakers
break jaws
and swallow teeth.