This is all for you

every scar, every swallowed scream.

I promise, it’s all for you

I will lay my life for you

I took the offer for you

The marks are for you— my love’s autograph.

all of them, my sign of love for you.

The curfews were for you

My short fuses were because of you, all for your sake.

I believed you when you promised I will be safe

ooh, I can’t wait

for when I can put it out of my mind long enough

long enough to call it courage— or at least pretend to.