Way back in school
I got up way before the sun
I got in trouble but I never told on anyone
Not even you
When you touched me with my hands tied
There were no words, I just cried
'Cause if you touch
If you touch a child, it dies
If you touch
If you touch a child, it cries
It cries, it cries
It dies
Way back in school
I never did anything I wanted to do
No one could ever have imagined
The secrets that I knew, like you
You took a hold of me like a dream
You held on 'til I screamed
"Cause if you touch
If you touch a child, it dies
If you touch
If you touch a child, it cries
It cries, it cries
It dies
Way back in school
Every day I wanted to die
And the only thing that I wanted
More than suicide was you
You see, you came for me when I was weak
Once there was silence then I could speak
'Cause if you touch
If you touch a child, it dies
If you touch
If you touch a child, it cries
It cries, it cries
It dies
More folk-inflected confessionals on love, loss, and anxiety — plus a Kacey Musgraves cameo —from the Nashville indie pop auteur. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 11, 2024