Sarah Kay - The Type lyrics
[Sarah Kay - The Type lyrics]
If you grow up the type of
Woman men want to look at
You can let them look at you
But do not mistake eyes for
Hands or windows or mirrors
Let them see what a woman looks like
They may have not ever seen one before
If you grow up the type of
Woman men want to touch
You can let them touch you
Sometimes, it is not you
They are reaching for
Sometimes it is a bottle, a door, a sandwich
A Pulitzer another woman
But their hands found you first
Do not mistake yourself for a
Guardian or a muse
Or a promise or a victim or a snack
You are a woman skin and
Bones, veins and nerves, hair and sweat
You are not made out
Of metaphors, not apologies, not excuses
If you grow up the type of
Woman men want to hold
You can let them hold you
All day they practice keeping
Their bodies upright
Even after all this evolving
It still feels unnatural
Still strains the muscles
Hold firms the arms and spine
Only some men will want to
Learn what it feels like
To curl themselves into a
Question mark around you
Admit they do not have the answers
They thought they would by now
Some men will want to hold
You like the answer you are not the answer
You are not the problem
You are not the poem or the punch-line
Or the riddle or the joke
Woman, if you grow up the
Type men want to love
You can let them love you
Being loved is not the same thing as loving
When you fall in love
It is discovering the ocean after
Years of puddle jumping
It is realizing you have hands
It is reaching for the tightrope when
The crowds have all gone home
Do not spend time wondering if you are
The type of women men will hurt
If he leaves you with a car alarm heart
You learn to sing along
It is hard to stop loving the ocean even
After it has left you gasping "salty"
So forgive yourself for the
Decisions you've made
The ones you still call
Mistakes when you tuck
Them in at night and know this:
Know you are the type of woman who is
Searching for a place to call yours
Let the statues crumble
You have always been the place
You are a woman who can build it yourself
You are born to build
Woman men want to look at
You can let them look at you
But do not mistake eyes for
Hands or windows or mirrors
Let them see what a woman looks like
They may have not ever seen one before
If you grow up the type of
Woman men want to touch
You can let them touch you
Sometimes, it is not you
They are reaching for
Sometimes it is a bottle, a door, a sandwich
A Pulitzer another woman
But their hands found you first
Do not mistake yourself for a
Guardian or a muse
Or a promise or a victim or a snack
You are a woman skin and
Bones, veins and nerves, hair and sweat
You are not made out
Of metaphors, not apologies, not excuses
If you grow up the type of
Woman men want to hold
You can let them hold you
All day they practice keeping
Their bodies upright
Even after all this evolving
It still feels unnatural
Still strains the muscles
Hold firms the arms and spine
Only some men will want to
Learn what it feels like
To curl themselves into a
Question mark around you
Admit they do not have the answers
They thought they would by now
Some men will want to hold
You like the answer you are not the answer
You are not the problem
You are not the poem or the punch-line
Or the riddle or the joke
Woman, if you grow up the
Type men want to love
You can let them love you
Being loved is not the same thing as loving
When you fall in love
It is discovering the ocean after
Years of puddle jumping
It is realizing you have hands
It is reaching for the tightrope when
The crowds have all gone home
Do not spend time wondering if you are
The type of women men will hurt
If he leaves you with a car alarm heart
You learn to sing along
It is hard to stop loving the ocean even
After it has left you gasping "salty"
So forgive yourself for the
Decisions you've made
The ones you still call
Mistakes when you tuck
Them in at night and know this:
Know you are the type of woman who is
Searching for a place to call yours
Let the statues crumble
You have always been the place
You are a woman who can build it yourself
You are born to build