Lyrics Grievances - Sparkbird

You dropped into my life
When I needed you most
That should've been the first red flag
You smiled at me like a parasite in need of a host
Slipped a contract out of your bag
And when I frowned at the empty quill
You jabbed me with a dull syringe

I don't like to be pressured
I don't like to be pushed
I don't like to be pressured
I don't like to be pushed
I don't like to be pressured
Pressured, pressured, pressured
Pressured, pressured, pressured, pressured

It was an ominous start
But you said the money came from your heart
And you only wanted the very best for me
You wanted me to succeed
But in your own particular sense
At a particularly painful expense
The independence of my body and my mind
From the particulars of all your extracurriculars
The fog of obligation grew so thick I couldn't even breathe

I don't like to be pressured
I don't like to be pushed
I don't like to be pressured
I don't like to be pushed
I don't like to be
Pressured, pressured, pressured, pressured
Pressured, pressured, pressured, pressured

Another twist of the knife
Another turn of the screw
Another perfect time to thank myself
For drumming up the courage to burn bridges with you
And for all the shit you talk about me
I should think you would be thankful as well
But you just can't seem to let it die
So we should probably discuss it when I see you in hell
I made a list of the grievances that I never got a chance to air

I don't like to be lied to
I don't like to be tricked
I don't like to be gaslit
I don't like to be groped
I don't like to be blackmailed
I don't like to be stalked
I don't like to be threatened
I don't like to be trapped

I don't like to be
Pressured pressured pressured pressured
Pressured pressured pressured pressured