Don't Kill the Messenger

Don’t Kill the Messenger

(refrain)
Don’t kill the messenger,
let the heart speak free.
Don’t kill the messenger,
there’s no reason to blame me.

You said you wanted honesty –
you said you wanted truth –
whether it was right or wrong,
sometimes it’s not so smooth.

Now my phone is never ringing
My texts get no reply –
Don’t punish the one who told you
about facts you can’t deny.

(refrain)

It didn’t paint a pretty picture
It wasn’t a charming scene –
you might have meant it clever,
but it came out really mean.

I thought we trusted one another
and had each other’s backs.
I said something you can’t handle,
now I’m paying the terminal tax.

(refrain)

Easy to say the gentle junk –
the stuff you want to hear,
but there’s times you just gotta know
things unpleasant to the ear.

Blame the one who started it,
not by what was said –
when you kill the messenger,
you’re killing me, instead.

(refrain x3)