I Forgive Me by Tanya Tagaq Lyrics

I only work from the waist up
Psychological epidural
Numb
I was entered too young
We were entered too young

Cast in a pit of tar
We sink
We sink
We sink

Take me back up
And then take me back
To that time I could protect myself
Take care of your children
They can't protect themselves

We were taken too young
I was entered too young
Get out, get out!
Get out, get out!
Get out, get out!
Get out, get out!
Protect me
I need help
I'm unravelling
I'm afraid

Forgive me
Forgive myself
Forgive them, they say
Forgive those that have hurt you
Don't hang on to the past, they say
You will only hurt yourself
I was entered too young

The past has birthed the bricks that build my bones
The past divided all my cells into this muscle I flex
Into this muscle I flex
Into this skin that I've stretched
The past is the house of these breaths
The past is the house of these breaths

I was entered too young
I do not forgive and forget
I protect and prevent
I protect and prevent
Make them eat shame and repent
I was entered too young