Dear Wormwood - The Oh Hellos

When I was a child

I didn’t hear a single word you said

The things I was afraid of

They were all confined beneath my bed

But the years have been long

And you have taught me well to hide away

The things that I believed in

You’ve taught me to call them all escapes

I know who you are now

I know who you are

I know who you are now

There before the threshold

I saw a brighter world beyond myself

And in my hour of weakness

You were there to see my courage fail

For the years have been long

And you have taught me well to sit and wait

Planning without acting

Steadily becoming what I hate

I know who you are now

I know who you are

I know who you are now

I have always known you

You have always been there in my mind

But now I understand you

And I will not be part of your designs

I know who I am now

And all that you’ve made of me

I know who you are now

And I name you my enemy

I know who I am now

I know who I want to be

I want to be more than this devil inside of me