You told me I was 18 going on 35

You made me feel like the smartest human alive

I thought I was clever, but you were cleverer

You said you never fell in love like you did with me

You paid for all the hotels, I paid for fake IDs

To spend the last ten years tryna piece it together

I went to therapy religiously

I never sleep

I made my brother promise me he'd let you live

And I guess I could forgive

But I choose violence, I choose war

For all the little girls that should be warned

I could choose silence but what for?

You took my innocence now I'll take yours

So I choose violence

And I might die tryin'

Now you're prolly her world and she won't understand

That all you need is a girl to feel like a man

Tell your friend she's a friend at your hometown dive

But when you were 13, she wasn't alive

And by the time you were 18, well, that girl was five

You had a teaching degree while she was learnin' how to drive

And you make her feel safe

Like you made me feel safe

Like, oh my God, you're so mature for your age

Except she's not your age

So I choose violence, I choose war

For all the little girls that should be warned

I could choose silence, but what for?

You took my innocence, now I'll take yours

And you'll choose hiding at 44

In your mother's house, she'll guard the door

But I'll choose anger, I'll choose rage

When I build an army of girls half your age, oh

We'll all choose violence, we'll all choose war

And every little girl will be warned

We won't choose silence, not anymore

You took our innocence, now we'll take yours

So I choose violence

And maybe I'll die tryin'