On How To Educafuck A Person

On How To Educahate A Person | Lyrics

Sit down Face front Hands folded Eyes forward

We are going to make you better

First you take a child And build a room around him Put the walls too close Then tell him not to breathe

Give him names to wear Until he starts to answer Feed him shame for lunch And call it discipline

Mark the page Lower the grade Red ink blooms like accusation

Say his name Wrong every day Then call the wound an education

You can teach a mouth to stay shut You can teach a fist to hide You can teach a heart to harden When you lock the hurt inside

This is how This is how This is how you educahate a person

Take the light Change the words Make the mirror curse the face

This is how This is how This is how you educahate a person

Call it help Call it school Call it love Then leave no place for pain

Next you build a lesson Out of every failure Make the room agree He is the broken one

Let the laughter sharpen Let the silence gather Let the teacher smile Like mercy owns a gun

Not with fists Not with chains No, the clever ones use framing

Not with fire Not with blades Just a thousand small renamings

You can teach a soul to vanish You can teach a voice to crawl You can teach a person hatred By denying love at all

This is how This is how This is how you educahate a person

Take the wound Write the rule Make the whole damn room obey

This is how This is how This is how you educahate a person

Call it growth Call it truth Call it care Then turn your eyes away

He was not born with fire in his mouth He was not born with knives in his name

Somebody taught him where to stand Somebody taught him what to swallow Somebody taught him how to disappear Then acted shocked when nothing followed

You can explain yourself all day long in there The room will unconsciously reduce you to a log

Sit still Speak right Smile more Don’t fight

Be good Stay small Take blame That’s all

Wrong kid Wrong face Wrong time Wrong place

No voice No claim No wound No name

Educahate Educahate Teach the wound to spell your name

Educahate Educahate Call the cage a learning frame

Now he carries weather That he cannot answer Now he hears the lesson Looping in his blood

Every word a hallway Every look a sentence Every open doorway Smelling like a flood

He does not need a devil He does not need a preacher He only needs the echo Of the room that made the creature

You can teach a mind to splinter You can teach the sky to fall You can teach a man he’s nothing Till he proves it to you all

This is how This is how This is how you educahate a person

Take the child Break the field Make him mono in the brain

This is how This is how This is how you educahate a person

Call it order Call it law Call it normal Call it sane

This is how This is how This is how you educahate a person

Every scar Learns a word Every silence grows a name

This is how This is how This is how you educahate a person

And when the room burns down Everybody asks Who taught the fire shame

Class dismissed The lesson remains

Class dismissed The wound knows your name

On How To Educasmile A Person | Lyrics

Smile Come on now It is not that bad

Show me your happy face

There you go That is better

First you take a child And put a room around him Heavy drapes A picture window Fish bowl on the table

Tell him joy is duty Tell him pain is rude Tell him fear is ugly And silence is gratitude

Mother says Be happy Father shakes the walls

Everybody smiles While the little fish circle Round and round them all

You can teach a face to lie You can teach a mouth to freeze You can teach a child to vanish While he tries to say please

This is how This is how This is how you educasmile a person

Take the wound Hide the blood Make the mirror look polite

This is how This is how This is how you educasmile a person

Call it love Call it peace Call it family Call it light

Next you make the hurting Answer to correction Why so quiet Why so angry Why can’t you behave

Teach him every terror Needs a better expression Teach him every coffin Needs a ribbon and a name

Mother smiles To show him How survival wears a face

Father burns Inside himself And calls the fire grace

You can teach a room to bless you While it steals away your breath You can teach a smile to cover Every little kind of death

This is how This is how This is how you educasmile a person

Take the truth Bend the jaw Make the broken thing perform

This is how This is how This is how you educasmile a person

Call it strength Call it calm Call it normal Call it warm

No devil came No demon stood beside the bed

No horned thing whispered No red-eyed angel fed the dread

There was only the room And the rule And the face

There was only the bowl And the fish And the place

There was only the echo Of what he was told

Smile through the damage And call it control

Be sweet Be still Don’t cry Don’t feel

Look nice Act right Smile wide Sleep tight

No fear No rage No wound No cage

Good child Good lie Good face Don’t die

Educasmile Educasmile Teach the face to guard the pain

Educasmile Educasmile Make the sunshine wear a chain

Now his skullbones are the room Now the walls are in his head Now the drapes are always heavy Now the goldfish all play dead

Now the voice that says be happy Has a key beneath his skin Now the bowl is in his breathing And the circle starts again

Round and round The water Round and round The shame

Round and round The lesson Till the smile forgets its name

You can teach a soul to sparkle While it rots behind the eyes You can teach a person smiling Till the smile becomes disguise

This is how This is how This is how you educasmile a person

Take the child Break the field Make him bright enough to bleed

This is how This is how This is how you educasmile a person

Call it hope Call it home Call it something that he needs

This is how This is how This is how you educasmile a person

Every grin Learns a rule Every rule becomes a room

This is how This is how This is how you educasmile a person

And when the dead fish float Everybody asks Who taught the child to bloom

Smile Come on now

It is not that bad

Show me your happy face

There you go

That is better

On How To Educabreak A Person

Stand up No Sit down

Try again No Not like that

Good

You are learning

First you take a person And move the floor beneath him Make the rules go crooked Every time he learns to stand

Tell him this is safety Tell him this is teaching Then change the shape of mercy In the palm of your hand

Raise the bar Move the door Say he should have known it

Praise him once Cut him twice Make him scared to own it

You can teach a spine to fold You can teach a knee to bend You can teach a hand to tremble Before the fist descends

This is how This is how This is how you educabreak a person

Take the ground Shift the room Make the balance feel like sin

This is how This is how This is how you educabreak a person

Call it growth Call it strength Then make him start again

Next you make his effort Evidence against him If he tries too little Say he does not care

If he tries too hard Call it desperation If he asks for help Say life was never fair

Give him hope Let it rot Watch him reach and miss it

Give him rest Take it back Then punish him for needing it

You can teach a voice to crack You can teach a will to crawl You can teach a person falling Till he thinks he chose the fall

This is how This is how This is how you educabreak a person

Take the wound Move the blame Make the mirror name the crime

This is how This is how This is how you educabreak a person

Call it help Call it truth Then break him one more time

He was not born afraid of trying He was not born asking permission to breathe

Somebody taught him the room had teeth Somebody taught him the floor could leave

Somebody taught him hope was bait Somebody taught him every door was late

Somebody watched him reach again Then called the breaking discipline

Stand up Fall down

Speak up Sit down

Try hard Too much

Need help Lose touch

Wrong step Wrong tone

Wrong face Alone

Good boy Stay small

Break first Don’t fall

Educabreak Educabreak Teach the spine to fear the sky

Educabreak Educabreak Teach the hands to not know why

Now he hears a footstep And his body answers Now he sees a doorway And prepares to lose

Now he calls it wisdom When he chooses smaller Now he calls it peace When there is nothing left to choose

Every room remembers Every wall repeats

Every little silence Has a boot beneath its feet

You can teach a mind to shatter Without making any sound You can teach a man he’s safer When he’s broken on the ground

This is how This is how This is how you educabreak a person

Take the child Break the field Make the future feel like pain

This is how This is how This is how you educabreak a person

Call it order Call it care Call it keeping him restrained

This is how This is how This is how you educabreak a person

Every try Learns a trap Every trap becomes a law

This is how This is how This is how you educabreak a person

And when he will not rise Everybody asks Who taught the knees to fall

Stand up

No

Sit down

Good

You are learning

On How To Educahelpless A Person | Lyrics

Don’t make that face

Come here No, not like that

Say sorry

There you go That is better

First you take a child And make him read the weather Every sigh Every door Every change inside the room

Teach him love is balance Teach him peace is labor Teach him he is safest When he guesses what to do

Watch the eyes Watch the hands Watch the jawline tightening

Hear the chair Hear the glass Hear the quiet lightning

You can teach a heart to listen For the anger in the walls You can teach a child to answer Before anybody calls

This is how This is how This is how you educa-please a person

Make him sweet Make him small Make him useful when afraid

This is how This is how This is how you educa-please a person

Call it love Call it peace Then make him pay and pay

Next you teach his body That desire is danger Wanting things Needing things Having any shape at all

If he asks He is selfish If he waits He is lazy If he hurts He is trouble If he speaks He makes it worse

Give him praise When he bends Give him warmth for disappearing

Take his name Call it manners Then reward the volunteering

You can teach a mouth to soften Every truth before it leaves You can teach a soul to worship At the altar of appease

This is how This is how This is how you educa-please a person

Take the wound Dress it nice Make the broken thing behave

This is how This is how This is how you educa-please a person

Call it kind Call it good Then make obedience brave

He was not born apologizing for the air

He was not born responsible for every room

Somebody taught him love had to be earned Somebody taught him anger was his doom

Somebody taught him peace was his assignment Somebody taught him hunger was a crime

Somebody smiled when he erased himself And called it growing up in time

Read the room Fix the mood

Lower eyes Bring the food

Say you’re fine Take the blame

Hide the hurt Praise the flame

Good child Good mask

No need Don’t ask

Be nice Bleed clean

Stay loved Stay unseen

Educaplease Educaplease Teach the spine to bow and smile

Educaplease Educaplease Make the cage feel worth the while

Now he enters every doorway Looking for the damage Now he knows the temperature Before the room can speak

Now he calls it kindness When he leaves himself behind him Now he calls it wisdom When he makes his wanting weak

Every yes remembers Every no feels cursed

Every little favor Is a coffin rehearsed

You can teach a man to vanish In the service of the peace You can teach a person pleasing Till the pleasing never leaves

This is how This is how This is how you educa-please a person

Take the child Break the field Make him servant to the room

This is how This is how This is how you educa-please a person

Call it grace Call it care Call it learning how to bloom

This is how This is how This is how you educa-please a person

Every need Learns to kneel Every hunger learns a chain

This is how This is how This is how you educa-please a person

And when he has no self Everybody says He was always so well-trained

Say sorry

Smile

Mean it this time

There you go

That is better

On How To Educaplease A Person | Lyrics

Don’t make that face

Come here No, not like that

Say sorry

There you go That is better

First you take a child And make him read the weather Every sigh Every door Every change inside the room

Teach him love is balance Teach him peace is labor Teach him he is safest When he guesses what to do

Watch the eyes Watch the hands Watch the jawline tightening

Hear the chair Hear the glass Hear the quiet lightning

You can teach a heart to listen For the anger in the walls You can teach a child to answer Before anybody calls

This is how This is how This is how you educa-please a person

Make him sweet Make him small Make him useful when afraid

This is how This is how This is how you educa-please a person

Call it love Call it peace Then make him pay and pay

Next you teach his body That desire is danger Wanting things Needing things Having any shape at all

If he asks He is selfish If he waits He is lazy If he hurts He is trouble If he speaks He makes it worse

Give him praise When he bends Give him warmth for disappearing

Take his name Call it manners Then reward the volunteering

You can teach a mouth to soften Every truth before it leaves You can teach a soul to worship At the altar of appease

This is how This is how This is how you educa-please a person

Take the wound Dress it nice Make the broken thing behave

This is how This is how This is how you educa-please a person

Call it kind Call it good Then make obedience brave

He was not born apologizing for the air

He was not born responsible for every room

Somebody taught him love had to be earned Somebody taught him anger was his doom

Somebody taught him peace was his assignment Somebody taught him hunger was a crime

Somebody smiled when he erased himself And called it growing up in time

Read the room Fix the mood

Lower eyes Bring the food

Say you’re fine Take the blame

Hide the hurt Praise the flame

Good child Good mask

No need Don’t ask

Be nice Bleed clean

Stay loved Stay unseen

Educaplease Educaplease Teach the spine to bow and smile

Educaplease Educaplease Make the cage feel worth the while

Now he enters every doorway Looking for the damage Now he knows the temperature Before the room can speak

Now he calls it kindness When he leaves himself behind him Now he calls it wisdom When he makes his wanting weak

Every yes remembers Every no feels cursed

Every little favor Is a coffin rehearsed

You can teach a man to vanish In the service of the peace You can teach a person pleasing Till the pleasing never leaves

This is how This is how This is how you educa-please a person

Take the child Break the field Make him servant to the room

This is how This is how This is how you educa-please a person

Call it grace Call it care Call it learning how to bloom

This is how This is how This is how you educa-please a person

Every need Learns to kneel Every hunger learns a chain

This is how This is how This is how you educa-please a person

And when he has no self Everybody says He was always so well-trained

Say sorry

Smile

Mean it this time

There you go

That is better

On How To Educasilence A Person | Lyrics

Lower your voice

Not here

Not now

We do not talk about that

Good

You are learning

First you take a person And make the truth expensive Charge him every time A real word leaves his mouth

Tell him peace is fragile Tell him speech is selfish Tell him love means knowing What must never be let out

Hear the step Hide the thought Put the face together

Swallow hard Breathe through stone Call the silence better

You can teach a tongue to vanish You can teach a throat to close You can teach a living witness To become what no one knows

This is how This is how This is how you educasilence a person

Take the voice Break the field Make the mouth afraid of air

This is how This is how This is how you educasilence a person

Call it peace Call it love Then leave the truth in there

Next you make his speaking Sound like an attack If he names the damage Say he wants to start a war

If he asks a question Call him disrespectful If he tells the story Ask what he would say that for

Change the room Change the rules Make the witness guilty

Close the door Dim the light Keep the family pretty

You can teach a wound to whisper You can teach a scream to kneel You can teach a person bleeding To protect what made him bleed

This is how This is how This is how you educasilence a person

Take the truth Fold it small Make it sleep behind the teeth

This is how This is how This is how you educasilence a person

Call it calm Call it grace Then make the quiet look clean

He was not born without a voice

He was not born afraid of sound

Somebody taught him walls have ears Somebody taught him words get found

Somebody taught him naming hurts Somebody taught him asking costs

Somebody watched him disappear Then called it peace when he was lost

Don’t say Don’t ask

Don’t tell Don’t crack

Smile small Stand still

Take blame Stay chill

Too loud Too much

Bad tone Don’t touch

No truth No claim

No voice No name

Educasilence Educasilence Teach the mouth to fear the flame

Educasilence Educasilence Make the quiet wear his name

Now he keeps a courtroom In the back of every sentence Now he edits breathing Before breathing can begin

Now he hears the warning In the shape of every doorway Now he locks the story And apologizes to the key

Every word remembers Every pause has teeth

Every little almost Dies behind the need to please

You can teach a soul to mute itself Before the room can hear You can teach a person silence Till the silence disappears

This is how This is how This is how you educasilence a person

Take the child Break the field Make the witness lose the stand

This is how This is how This is how you educasilence a person

Call it manners Call it mercy Call it learning to be kind

This is how This is how This is how you educasilence a person

Every truth Learns a lock Every lock becomes a room

This is how This is how This is how you educasilence a person

And when he cannot answer Everybody asks Who taught the mouth the tomb

Lower your voice

Not here

Not now

We do not talk about that

Good

You are learning

On How To Educadoubt A Person | Lyrics

Are you sure

Think carefully

That is not what happened

Try again

There you go

Now you are remembering

First you take a person And move the truth behind him Leave the room the same But change the story in the air

Tell him he is certain Only when you say so Tell him eyes are dangerous And memory is unfair

Say the door Was never open Say the bruise was always old

Say the fire Was only weather Say he feels too much cold

You can teach a mind to stutter You can teach a nerve to lie You can teach a person doubting Every witness in his eyes

[Chorus] This is how This is how This is how you educadoubt a person

Take the truth Move the frame Make the mirror lose the face

This is how This is how This is how you educadoubt a person

Call it help Call it care Then make his memory plead its case

Next you make his questions Sound like accusations Make his need for answers Look like sickness in the blood

If he names the pattern Call it overthinking If he shows the evidence Say evidence is not enough

Change the time Change the tone Change the meaning after

Make him ask What he heard While you weaponize the laughter

You can teach a voice to soften Before truth can leave the tongue You can teach a grown man asking If the damage ever comes

This is how This is how This is how you educadoubt a person

Take the wound Change the word Make the broken thing explain

This is how This is how This is how you educadoubt a person

Call it calm Call it love Then make him apologize for pain

He was not born afraid of knowing

He was not born unsure of light

Somebody taught him day was questionable Somebody taught him wrong was right

Somebody taught him proof was rude Somebody taught him grief was pride

Somebody moved the room an inch Then asked him why his feet had lied

Are you sure No you are not

That was small You forgot

Too intense Too unclear

Not a wound Just a fear

Wrong again Try once more

There was never Any door

Good child Stand there

Doubt yourself Stay fair

Educadoubt Educadoubt Teach the eyes to ask permission

Educadoubt Educadoubt Make the mind betray its mission

Now he checks the weather Before he trusts his body Now he asks the hallway If the hallway has a name

Now he keeps a record Then distrusts the record Now he carries proof And still prepares to take the blame

Every thought divides him Every word comes late

Every little maybe Has a hand around its throat

You can teach a soul to fracture Without ever raising sound You can teach a person falling To debate the ground

This is how This is how This is how you educadoubt a person

Take the child Break the field Make the center disappear

This is how This is how This is how you educadoubt a person

Call it wisdom Call it growth Call it learning not to fear

This is how This is how This is how you educadoubt a person

Every fact Learns to shake Every memory learns shame

This is how This is how This is how you educadoubt a person

And when he cannot speak Everybody asks Who taught the truth to change

Are you sure

Think carefully

That is not what happened

Try again

There you go

Now you are remembering

On How To Educafear A Person | Lyrics

Listen

Did you hear that

No

Listen harder

That is how it starts

Good

Stay ready

First you take a child And make the house uncertain Let the quiet change Before the trouble shows its teeth

Teach him every footstep Has a hidden weather Teach him every doorway Has a shadow underneath

Close the door Drop the glass Make the whole room flinch

Say it’s fine Say calm down While the walls all clench

You can teach a chest to tighten You can teach a breath to hide You can teach a child the future Is already taking sides

This is how This is how This is how you educa-fear a person

Take the light Bend the room Make the morning feel unsafe

This is how This is how This is how you educa-fear a person

Call it caution Call it wisdom Then put terror in its place

Next you make the warning Look like ordinary living Make the body scan Before the mind can form a thought

If he jumps Call him nervous If he freezes Call him lazy If he runs Call him guilty If he stays Say he got caught

Give him love With conditions Give him peace that might be taken

Give him rules That keep shifting Then condemn him when he’s shaken

You can teach the nerves to listen For a storm behind a smile You can teach a person safety Is a room that lasts a while

This is how This is how This is how you educa-fear a person

Take the wound Add a clock Make the seconds bare their teeth

This is how This is how This is how you educa-fear a person

Call it care Call it truth Then make him scared of what he sees

He was not born afraid of silence

He was not born hunting every sound

Somebody taught him peace was temporary Somebody taught him joy could turn around

Somebody taught him love had warning lights Somebody taught him sleep could be a trap

Somebody watched his eyes keep searching Then called him broken after that

Watch the door Check the hall

Hold your breath Hear it all

Don’t relax Don’t trust

Don’t speak Don’t rush

Too loud Too still

Be good Stay skilled

No rest No ground

Fear first Don’t drown

Educa-fear Educa-fear Teach the body where to shake

Educa-fear Educa-fear Make the daylight feel awake

Now he reads the ceiling Like a map of coming weather Now he hears a cupboard Like a sentence in the dark

Now he calls it instinct When he cannot stop the scanning Now he calls it weakness When the fear becomes a mark

Every room has corners Every corner knows

Every little silence Puts its finger to his throat

You can teach a soul to brace itself Before the world arrives You can teach a person living Like survival is a shrine

This is how This is how This is how you educa-fear a person

Take the child Break the field Make the future hunt his name

This is how This is how This is how you educa-fear a person

Call it sharp Call it smart Call it learning from the pain

This is how This is how This is how you educa-fear a person

Every door Learns a threat Every shadow learns a law

This is how This is how This is how you educa-fear a person

And when he cannot rest Everybody asks Who taught the heart to draw

Listen

Did you hear that

No

Listen harder

That is how it starts

Good

Stay ready

On How To Educashame A Person

Look at yourself

No Really look

You should be ashamed

Good

Now we are getting somewhere

First you take a person And give the mirror teeth Make the face look guilty Before the mouth can speak

Tell him want is ugly Tell him need is theft Tell him every hunger Is a stain upon his chest

Point the light At the flaw Make the whole room see it

Name the wound Name it wrong Then punish him for being it

You can teach a heart to lower You can teach a gaze to fall You can teach a living person He is guilty for it all

This is how This is how This is how you educa-shame a person

Take the child Break the field Make the mirror learn his name

This is how This is how This is how you educa-shame a person

Call it truth Call it love Then make him kneel inside the blame

Next you make his body Something he must answer for Make his joy suspicious Make his sadness feel obscene

If he laughs too loudly Say he wants attention If he hides too deeply Ask him why he acts so mean

Give him clothes Made of eyes Give him skin that feels accused

Give him rules For the room Then say he always misconstrues

You can teach a mouth to apologize Before the word is born You can teach a soul to wear itself Like something ripped and torn

This is how This is how This is how you educashame a person

Take the wound Write the law Make the broken thing confess

This is how This is how This is how you educashame a person

Call it growth Call it grace Then make him grateful for the mess

He was not born ashamed of breathing

He was not born hiding from his name

Somebody taught him love was conditional Somebody taught him need was blame

Somebody taught him joy was arrogance Somebody taught him grief was weak

Somebody watched his shoulders folding Then praised him when he would not speak

Eyes down Back straight

Smile small Feel weight

Need less Want none

Take blame Good son

Wrong wish Wrong skin

Wrong voice Wrong grin

No pride No claim

Be clean Feel shame

Educashame Educashame Teach the mirror how to bite

Educashame Educashame Make the soul apologize to light

Now he keeps a courtroom In the center of his body Now he hears the verdict Before anybody calls

Now he says I’m sorry When the weather changes Now he makes himself smaller So the room can feel tall

Every scar has language Every silence has a chair

Every little longing Learns to kneel before despair

You can teach a mind to sentence Every self before it stands You can teach a person shame Until the shame becomes his hands

This is how This is how This is how you educashame a person

Take the child Break the field Make the center feel profane

This is how This is how This is how you educashame a person

Call it manners Call it morals Call it washing out the stain

This is how This is how This is how you educashame a person

Every need Learns a crime Every mirror learns a chain

This is how This is how This is how you educashame a person

And when he hates himself Everybody asks Who taught the soul its name

Look at yourself

No Really look

You should be ashamed

Good

Now we are getting somewhere

On How To Educalie A Person | Lyrics

Say it right

No Not like that

Say what we agreed happened

Good

Now everyone can breathe

First you take a person And make the truth unsafe Put the real thing in his mouth Then slap it from his face

Tell him peace requires A cleaner explanation Tell him facts are dangerous Without proper decoration

Change the word Change the scene Make the story useful

Hide the bruise Praise the room Call the silence truthful

You can teach a tongue to bend You can teach a mouth to sell You can teach a living witness How to counterfeit itself

This is how This is how This is how you educa-lie a person

Take the truth Dress it up Make the broken thing agree

This is how This is how This is how you educa-lie a person

Call it peace Call it love Then make the lie feel clean

Next you make the honest Look like they are dangerous If he names the damage Say he wants to start a fight

If he tells the story Ask him why he hates you If he keeps it quiet Say he finally got it right

Make him say It was nothing Make him smile while saying

Make him learn Every sentence Needs a little rearranging

You can teach a soul to edit Every wound before it speaks You can teach a child the fiction That the whole damn family needs

This is how This is how This is how you educa-lie a person

Take the wound Change the name Make the mirror plead the case

This is how This is how This is how you educa-lie a person

Call it grace Call it growth Then make him falsify his face

He was not born fluent in denial

He was not born afraid of what was true

Somebody taught him facts had consequences Somebody taught him memory could lose

Somebody taught him love required perjury Somebody taught him truth would make them leave

Somebody smiled when he betrayed himself And called it learning how to keep the peace

Say fine Say good

Say no one Misunderstood

Say small Say less

Say no When you mean yes

Hide blood Hide flame

Take fault Change names

Good child Good line

Lie clean Look fine

Educa-ie Educalie Teach the truth to wear a mask

Educalie Educalie Make the mouth survive the task

Now he keeps two ledgers In the back of every answer One for what occurred And one for what the room allows

Now he calls it wisdom When he leaves the truth bleeding Now he calls it kindness When he cuts the witness down

Every word has makeup Every fact has chains

Every little almost Learns to kneel before the claim

You can teach a mind to split Between the wound and what it says You can teach a person lying Till the lie sleeps in his bed

This is how This is how This is how you educa-lie a person

Take the child Break the field Make the true thing feel obscene

This is how This is how This is how you educa-lie a person

Call it loyalty Call it mercy Call it keeping the house clean

This is how This is how This is how you educa-lie a person

Every fact Learns to kneel Every memory learns disguise

This is how This is how This is how you educa-lie a person

And when he cannot trust his mouth Everybody asks Who taught the truth to lie

Say it right

No Not like that

Say what we agreed happened

Good

Now everyone can breathe

On How To Educatellthesyeseylys (Or: The Mistypleedings)

You’re seeing things Said Ms T. Pleedings, No I believe you

I just think You might be tired

Maybe get your hearing checked, my dear Might help you with a great fear, what?

I can make that call for you If you want me two

I'm here - for you Lean in on me, it's what we do

We are the Mistypleedings And we are leaning in hard for you.

First, you take a person And make the lie feel easy peasy Small enough to swallow Soft enough to pass Large enough to earn its keep

Say it like the weather Say it like you mean it Whether you mean it or not Say it with a face that is an unface

That does not know it wears a mask Nothing moved Nothing broke Nobody meant to hurt you

So my story goes That was not What you heard That was not a bird

Come with me, Suzy dear Let's take a walk Let me help convert you

You can teach a mouth to smooth As the words leave the bruise Without anything to see You can teach the words to smooth Every fracture in the room

You can teach the little yes Like a tittle tittle bird To arrive before the wound word

This is how This is how This is how you educatellthesyeseylys

Tell the eye Sly lys Make the wrong thing sound polite

This is how This is how This is how you educatellthesyeseylys

Easy yes I lie And the lie walks out in light

Next, you make the falsehood What it is not, but what it could be be Make it the undoing of the done And yet it never even trips an alarm Just part of ordinary breathing

No pulse jump jump No eye twitch twitch No trouble in the hand Just a nagging, unfelt itch

Teach the tongue to carry What it should only spit out Let the mouth eat its way Into your life and maybe, your wife

Just a little rearranging Teach the face to say Maybe yay - maybe no yay

There is nothing to understand Nothing understood is there there to be It was small yet tall It was a mere thing and grand

It was kind, yet came at you blind It was only a conversation, I'll say I meant no harm to you or your kind Why so tense and so prickly

Why so sharp and with a brow furrowed furrowed Why this need for accusation What are you hiding? In your vacation station?

You can teach a witness mercy Till the witness cannot see Matters not a one whit two

You can teach a person lying To sound like charity while She sounds just like you

This is how This is how This is how you educatellthesyeseylys

Tell the eye Sly lys Make the soft thing hide the knife

This is how This is how This is how you educatellthesyeseylys

Easy yes I lie Move the frame and move a life

Nobody lied loudly I promise. I swear. Nobody kicked the door I was the only one there.

Nobody wrote the damage In a language you could know show

It was just a little judgment A sentence was handed down With a hard hand hard upon your back And a voice - that was digging in for the attack

It was just a little yes, so what what what Where the no had been attack attacked

It was just a time bandit shoulder To lean-urn on after you fell down

Just a helpful little up one up two two Dressed to kill with a look that splits the will

Say yes Look clean clean Lie small lie small

Stay sweet sweet Wrong word, bad bird Right smile, what did I hear heard?

Soft hand Long file It's gonna be a good little long while

No tells No sweat And not later yet either

No twitchy eye twitch No debt not yet Good voice unseen joist

Good eyes never heard the lies Sly lys I lies High life high

Educa-tell Educa-tell

The yes, no yes The eye hymns don't need them. The sly eye why easy lie needs nothing To make it automatic! Automatic eye lie no why lies

Educatell Educatell

The easy who me Given way to the no eye lies whys

Let's take a walk, my little Suzy dear Along the beach that never cries

Now the lie is second nature But still, second nature ain't first

You see? The sentence wears a collar You hear it? The kindness hides a thirst

Now the mouth can run a run run ruin With a whisper and a nod nod nod

Now the room can call it mercy While it un-ears all it knows and unlearns God

Every lie confesses and easy undresses easy Every easy answer bleeds out hard and easy lazy

Every little yes carries the singer's song And has a witness who see sings in the key of ease

You can teach the truth to stu-stu-stutter Underneath a polished tone you own

You can teach the lie to weak whisper And me? Troublemaker? No. That's whisper lisper.

This is how This is how This is how you educatellthesyeseylys

Tell the eye Sly lys Make the almost pass for true

This is how This is how This is how you educatellthesyeseylys

Easy yes I lie And the lie says I was you

This is how This is how This is how you educatellthesyeseylys

No alarm No scar Just a sentence wearing lace

This is how This is how This is how you educatellthesyeseylys

And when the whole life bends And you bend with it

Everybody asks looking all puzzled to death Who taught that person to lie to that face

You’re seeing things No I believe you

Stop. You are over-reacting. Stop. I am your friend. Stop. There. Better now?

I just think You might be tired

Maybe get your hearing checked, my dear

I can make that call for you If you want me two