PhemieC - Changeling lyrics

Still crying after ten
She’s paler then the day before
Can she hear us? Does she
Know we’re watching her?
We’re taking notes we’re asking
The hard questions

Is she ours? Where is she from?
I cannot say I recognize her face
Sure I didn’t look like that
Or act so strange when I was her age

So quiet, but so much rage
She broke another toy today
Teacher told us no one tries to
Play with her at recess
But she doesn’t even notice
Isn’t talking yet, instead she sit's outside
Drawing symbols in the dirt
Haven’t seen her walk in days
But she’s always somewhere different
When you turn

I think I am a changeling
I was born with long dark hair
The nurse was scared
I didn’t cry but I was teething

I think I am a changeling
I broke open all the eggs ‘cause
I heard baby birds inside
And they were screaming

So far I cannot see a family resemblance
But something in her reminds me
Of a story I heard as a child in the dark
Can’t explain the milk we
Found under her bed
Or the earthworms in her hair
Can’t explain the feeling I’ve forgotten
Some important thing somewhere

I think I am a changeling
I was born with little claws instead of nails
And I was pale and barely breathing

I think I am a changeling
I broke the mirror because the
Me who wasn’t me inside
Was shaking, she was seething
She was screaming

Oh, changeling
You will find your home some day
Your friends among the fairies
Your family with the fae