What happened to us I've never
Written about not even once
I drove away from our hometown
And didn't even stop to pee
I ran hard, making it once as far as Oslo
Before heading back to San Luis Obispo

You weren't there, but your pain was
They still speak your name daily
What ever happened to that?
And I shake my head
Wondering and hoping
That someday I would know
What ever happened to you?

We weren't friends
Far from it and never did hang
Beyond just once or twice
But between the ages of 8 and 12
You were my very best bully
Someone on whom I could depend
If you were there with the
Crowd of meanies
I could believe I would live
And you never ever let something
Terrible happen to me
Yes, you came up with many a clever taunt
Yeah you threw some rocks and taught me to duck
And yes, absolutely your apologies are accepted

Know this, what was happening to you
All those very terrible abuses
you’ve mentioned to me suffering thru?
I felt those too, and had my very own
We was unfortunately the same
So much so that a kid who went to
Sinsheimer stole Our trauma
and sold it to Selena Gomez
We suffered 13 times more than any of them
And here we are the survivors
Who have lived in very big towns
and have so Many
wonderful people who love us

What happened to us I've never
Written about not even once
But I'll write about it all the time now
I'll sing your song and shout it from rooftops
I'll tell everyone we lived and how proud I am
Because we went thru hell and back
before we were 11
We survived all the child sex crimes
And our town covered it up
But we lived

I'm so happy for you
I'm so happy for me
Let's keep it going and don't stop
You're still one of the most talented
People I ever did know
And maybe sometime we will jam
Never once thinking about that past
Because the future is even better
Particularly when you're with people
Who know how far you've gone
to get right freaking here and
Now that you've done that
obviously
Keep going
Don’t stop.

#songsinthekeyofx