My friend sat beside me on the train And compared my pain versus her pain I talked about my brother’s friends That brutal cold wound I cannot cleanse You’re Sweet Audrina, she then proclaimed We compared our notes on being shamed My voice was soft and so very small But her voice said fuck them, one and all We sat back chit-chatting on that train We compared my stain versus her stain Each of our fathers left us unclean Yeah, both our fathers were fucking mean Her brother was vile, she then declared Our brothers deserved to be compared My voice was soft, like I’d done wrong But her voice was tough, her voice was strong. We sat back then and we swapped our dreams That is not as easy as it seems It’s not so simple as it might sound When so many men have torn you down When so many monsters tore you apart It’s hard to still have a dreamer’s heart My voice did tremble, oh, how it shook She was defiant; an open book She and I weren't working for that train But still some tourist had to complain We were working at some remote spot The train went to, and they thought fuck not My voice was quiet; filled with such shame My friend was just not at all the same We weren’t at work when this talk transpired But the very next day my friend was fired Yes, the very next day my friend was fired Yes, the very next day my friend was fired She had been raped just the same as me We’d both been raped by our family But my voice was small and victimized Her voice was strong like she had survived Her voice was strong, so she was kicked out My fear was rewarded, without doubt A talking to is what I acquired But my friend was strong, so she was fired She had been raped just the same as me Been torn up by the family tree She sounded too strong to ever cry Why’d they fucking think that? Why, just why? What was the lesson that these people taught? If you are raped, please do not get caught? We own your mouth on and off the clock? It hit us both hard, hit like a rock I kept my job for sounding afraid That's the decision these people made I know very well my tough friend cried That tough veneer, it just lied and lied We were both of us just teenage kids Doing whatever this nasty world bids She wept softly as she walked away And she vowed she’d fight another day But it’s days like that, that steal your heart And that tear the young dreamers apart Yeah, she vowed she’d fight another day And I wished and wished that she could stay Yeah, she vowed she’d fight another day And I wished and wished that she could stay Why's this fucking world so fucking mean? Why's it make rape victims feel unclean? Why does it punish if they make sound? Why does it grind them into the ground? Why'd that fucking tourist go complain Because some poor kid was in such pain? And why'd that boss let that complaint fly Why'd they make that young girl start to cry? Well, fuck them all is what she did say Yeah, she vowed she’d fight another day But I just wished and wished that she could stay