Hearse

I've given all the lines tonight:

I'll be fine, I'm always fine.

You don't need to worry about me.

I wouldn't trust me yet.

But I've also gotten all the lines:

Take the armor off when you talk to me.

Don't think I don't know you.

Remember who you're talking to.

The problem comes when you like the pain.

When you spent so long in that darkness,

That it started to feel comforting.

When you miss the pain

Because it was your only constant.

So you put the armor on

Not to keep yourself safe

But to keep others safe from you -

To hold back the tide.

Because people always say 

You're too much...

And though you're itching to show

Just what too much looks like

You put the armor on 

And look that demon in the eye

Desperately wanting to do it,

While also knowing full well why you shouldn't.

Take the armor off when you talk to me.