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[[File:Faineantgirlthumb.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l56icYwdrmI YouTube link]]] {| class="wikitable" | <big>'''⚠ Trigger Warning:''' This song contains themes of internal and external ableism, suicidality, self-hatred, and general sickness/illness. Please proceed with caution</big>! |} == About == "Fainéant Girl" is the 4th song on the album, first released on YouTube on March 4, 2022. The song centers around [[Freyja Maria Mendoza]]. It also features [https://synthv.fandom.com/wiki/Tsuina-chan Tsuina-chan], a Synthesizer V voice database. == Lyrics == [Verse 1]<br> I got sick<br> And I won't be getting well<br> They told me there was nothing wrong, as far as they could tell<br> <br> Oh well<br> Guess they can't tell very far<br> I have to be my own clinician, write my own memoir<br> <br> With a body and a brain so sickening<br> Practitioners find it not worth fixing<br> I'm scared I'm gonna lie down one day<br> And never get back up again<br> <br> [Pre-Chorus]<br> (It's written down on paper, you can't call yourself a faker)<br> (It's all true now, what'll you do now?)<br> <br> [Chorus]<br> They don't tell stories about people like me<br> 'Cause what is there to tell?<br> 5pm naps and childproof caps<br> My best friends, Adderall and Elavil<br> <br> (A life sentence served and my body's the cell)<br> (No, I don't need to die to know that this is hell)<br> <br> [Verse 2]<br> If only I knew how much time I had left<br> Maybe it would've been spent a bit more wise<br> And no, I know, it's not like I died<br> But it's hard to call what's left of me "alive"<br> <br> I forget I'm an adult all the time<br> 'Cause my body gave up when I was so young<br> And now I go throughout life puppet-ing my own corpse<br> My own memory, a less alive kind of me<br> <br> 'Cause the cells in my organ systems organized<br> For my involuntary parasuicide<br> And I swallowed my pride, left my old life behind<br> But to say I survived, it just feels like a lie<br> <br> [Chorus]<br> They don't tell stories about people like me<br> 'Cause what is there to tell?<br> 5pm naps and childproof caps<br> My best friends, Adderall and Elavil<br> <br> (A life sentence served and my body's the cell)<br> (If I'm already dead yet or not, I can't tell)<br> <br> [Verse 3]<br> I'm tired when I wake up, when I'm opening my eyes<br> When I'm not feeling low, I get tired out by the highs<br> I'm tired when I go out, when I'm trying to exist<br> But if I don't, I get tired thinking about the things I missed<br> <br> I'm tired, just tired, that's all I ever say<br> Because I'm tired of my illnesses making me act this way<br> Tired of being jealous of everybody that's close to me<br> No, they can't help they're not diseased<br> That's not the way they chose to be<br> <br> I miss a life I never had, the everything I could've been<br> I hope they never have to understand the kind of pain I'm in<br> The people that I thought I could trust berated me, like that'd help<br> "You need to pull your weight", when I was trying not to kill myself<br> <br> You tried to give me "tough love" and then wondered why I got so cold<br> The shit I hid to keep you happy, you don't even wanna know<br> <br> [Chorus]<br> They don't tell stories about people like me<br> 'Cause what is there to tell?<br> 5pm naps and childproof caps<br> My best friends, Adderall and Elavil<br> <br> (A life sentence served and my body's the cell)<br> (At the mercy of malfunctioning organelles)<br> <br> [Verse 4]<br> Shaking uncontrollably, my Ibuprofen mornings<br> (And my prophets are Ramsay and Shepherd and Bell)<br> Nobody would listen, my body was trying to warn me<br> (And there's only so much medication can help)<br> <br> Doctors said it was somatic, you all thought I was dramatic<br> (And it's nobody's fault, just the cards that you're dealt)<br> Yeah, you meant well, but that doesn't mean that it wasn't traumatic<br> (I got sick and I won't ever be getting well)<br> <br> Now I only hope I don't keep on degenerating<br> Shorter life expectancy, I might as well embrace it<br> Take my medication, get wasted, music-making while I'm sedated<br> Call that crossfaded<br> <br> Hey, look ma, I made it<br> == Sources == * [https://genius.com/Weevildoing-faineant-girl-lyrics WeevilDoing - Fainéant Girl Lyrics | Genius Lyrics]
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