go sit by the door 

careful, your daddy’s on the floor 

they’re coming, pack up your heart 

no, we can’t take teddy,

but mama, what will happen to my friend?

she’ll be gutted and penned to the earth

where do dead children go? 

to heaven, I guess 

go sit by the door, I beg you

don’t obey strange men 

they will skin and digest you 

please, 

mama, these men are massive and brutal

their pupils widen with desire, they slobber

what if I stand in front of them 

inflate my chest, stand up tall 

I can shield us all

don’t cry, little one

your daddy’s resting, he’ll wake up

go fetch the metal pot,

aim directly for the crotch

mama, 

i saw them in my dreams,

blurred with infimacy

the bad men caught me

they ravaged, shunned my squeals 

mama 

please wake up 

daddy’s dead, the voices won’t stop 

i can’t make it through the night

go sit by the door, 

go sit by the door. 

they’re coming, please

go sit by the door 

daddy’s gone, 

your brother’s resting 

cover your ears  

they’re howling

but Mama, they frighten me 

they seized teddy 

when will the voices quit 

i can’t feel my heart 

mama?

come here, sit next to me 

i’ll tell you a story about girls like you and me

now, pucker up, stop weeping

the bad men smell feeling

children like us never grow up 

we search for home till we die 

i know you’re scared, but so am i

these men haunt my dreams 

they startle me at night 

mama, 

i can’t take it. 

i don’t have the strength, 

to survive it. 

mama, 

can I die now? 

the voices won’t stop, 

even when I rip my skin apart. 

mama,

god has abandoned me, 

dead children chant my name,

mama, 

i’m scared. 

what if I lose to them? 

mama

please wake up. 

the bad men always show up. 

mama? 

go sit by the door, don’t look up 

your daddy’s on the floor, the pain will stop

when the bad men come, count to three 

it will all be over, we will be free

and if you survive this, i’m sorry

you’ll suffer for eternity 

now, go sit by the door, i repeat

god has abandoned his sheep.