When I picture my hometownThere's a bronze, spray-tanned statue of youAnd a plaque underneath itThat threatens to push me down the stairs at our school
And it was always the same searing painBut I dreamed that one day I could say
All that time you were throwin' punches, I was buildin' somethin'And I can't forgive the way you made me feelScreamed, "Fuck you, Aimee" to the night sky as the blood was gushin'But I can't forget the way you made me heal
And it wasn't a fair fightOr a clean kill each time that Aimee stompеd across my graveAnd then she wrotе headlinesIn the local paper, laughing at each baby step I'd take
And it was always the same searing painBut I prayed that one day I could say
All that time you were throwin' punches, I was buildin' somethin'And I couldn't wait to show you it was realScreamed, "Fuck you, Aimee" to the night sky as the blood was gushin'But I can't forget the way you made me healEveryone knows that my mother is a saintly womanBut she used to say she wished that you were deadI pushed each boulder up the hillYour words are still just ringin' in my head, ringin' in my head
I wrote a thousand songs that you find uncoolI built a legacy that you can't undoBut when I count the scars, there's a moment of truthThat there wouldn't be this if there hadn't been you
And maybe you've reframed itAnd in your mind, you never beat my spirit black and blueI don't think you've changed muchAnd so I changed your name and any real defining cluesAnd one day, your kid comes home singin'A song that only us two is gonna know is about you, 'cause
All that time you were throwin' punches, it was all for nothin'And our town, it looks so small from way up hereScreamed, "Thank you, Aimee" to the night sky and the stars are stunnin''Cause I can't forget the way you made me healEveryone knows that my mother is a saintly womanBut she used to say she wished that you were deadSo I pushed each boulder up that hillYour words were still just ringin' in my head, ringin' in my head
Thank you, AimeeThank you, Aimee