FILK: From the Minds of Academy Students

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MEDIA: Filk (text)
ORIGINAL SONG: Filthy Mind, by Amanda Ghost. (lyrics)
SUMMARY: The Academy kids are always falling apart. "And we're drowning, we're lost inside. Welcome to my filthy mind."
CONTENT NOTES/WARNINGS: Trauma-induced mental illness.

CREATOR'S NOTES: To understand this, you have to understand that there are entire verses where more than just River escaped the Academy. This one is more about them than her, to be honest, though it stands for her too, and all the kids driven crazy by that place.

LISTEN: This will happen... eventually.

Sanity's gone, defenses are torn
I'm hanging by a thread
Too many minds, the world's not kind
And under this weight I'm bent
Don't you come any closer --
Too late, you're inside my head

And we're drowning, we're lost inside
Welcome to my filthy mind
I'm falling, can't stay inside
Save me from my filthy mind

I fight and I shout, can't help but lash out
The lessons they taught me burn
The memories haunt, our innocence taunts
We thought we were there to learn
But they ripped us all open
Turned us into walking wounds

And I'm drowning, you're dragged inside--
Welcome to my filthy mind
We're drowning, we're lost inside
Save us from our filthy minds

Welcome to my filthy mind