Origami Roses Lyrics

Kevin Atwater

Achilles

Lyrics to Origami Roses
He was standing in the hallway with a notebook after band
Had my name on the pages and in cursive on one hand
His brother was in the army, his mother was never home
He would walk down our street and watch my family from our porch
He used to change his name every couple weeks online
Always biblically important, "Job" to "Isaac" to "Elijah"
Never spoke to me in person, always talking through a friend
Who'd follow up with a warning: "Don't do something you'll regret”

He would leave me little origami roses
Blooming at our door
I'd carry them like sleeping babies to my room
And keep thеm quiet in my drawer

He usеd to draw us naked with him kissing me in bed
Wasn't used to the attention from a boy in my life then
So I messaged him in panic "Could you please leave me alone?"
But all the while kept it quiet, didn't let anyone know
But it escalated quickly, he would follow all my friends
Taking pictures of my family scratching out their eyes in pen
It came at the dinner table, sent me something like a threat
"I will take what I am able, I will take what I can get"

He would leave me little origami roses
Blooming at our door
I'd carry them like sleeping babies to my room
To our school for his file in the drawer