(Verse 1)

I’m in middle school, I’m barely 5 feet tall

I love climbing trees and running till my feet fall off

My mama tells me “baby, you’ll settle down someday

With a nice girl and some kids, it’s meant to be that way”

Thinking about it makes me sad, but I don’t know why

(Chorus 1)

My mama doesn’t know

My daddy doesn’t care

That all I see is darkness in a closet somewhere

Deep in my head where I can’t get out

But I know it’s something to lie about

(Verse 2)

All the other boys, they don’t know what they mean

When they slam me into lockers or call me those things

Their parents tell them “baby, you gotta stick to what’s right”

So when they’re met with something different, their first instinct is to fight

And I just so happen to be the thing they’re scared of

(Chorus 2)

My mama doesn’t know

My daddy doesn’t care

That all I see is darkness in a closet somewhere

Deep in my head where I can’t get out

I think there might be something they’re right about

(Bridge)

They beat me up

They pushed me down

They sent my body to the ground

I couldn’t scream

I couldn’t cry

I didn’t even try to fight back

As they threw me in and locked the door

Now the closet’s not in my head anymore

(Chorus 3)

My mama doesn’t know

My daddy doesn’t care

That I’m trapped in a closet somewhere

They think there’s something wrong with me

and now I can’t get out

My head is filled with static, it’s all so loud

(Refrain)

I just want this closet story to be over now