Keep Quiet, Girl

Keep your mouth shut and sit still

Our leader is speaking right now

Well, maybe not speaking

He’s rambling to reporters

There’s some truth buried in his nonsense

Keep quiet, girl, keep quiet

he’s speaking and we need to hear his plan

on where we’re heading next

Press those pretty lips together

no one needs them to open right now

nothing you say will fall on anyone’s ears

Your job isn’t to speak your mind

shut up for the time being and hide in the corner

We’re getting ready for a war

though we have no idea what we’re fighting for

Keep quiet, girl. It’s not time to talk.

You can’t stop him from making up his mind

keep those lip shut and pretend to give a damn

about a madman ranting on your TV screen

Keep quiet, girl. You’ll get a second to speak

then you can ramble all you want

Keep quiet, your time is coming

Keep quiet

Quiet, girl

Be quiet

Shut your mouth

and keep quiet.

Quiet, girl.

Quiet…

Cithara Patra currently lives in NC with their family. They spend much of their time writing and studying languages.