Healthy Working Relationship

Our relationship was formal
Passive and benign
You think that this is "normal"
(A term you can't define)
I'm grinning so demurely
Use my inside voice
You judge me prematurely
By nature, not by choice

It's a healthy relationship
though I am not healthy at all
It's a working relationship
if nobody tears down the walls
It's a beautiful place to be
if the beauty is skin-deep
don't take it any further than that
it's perfect now, oh I need it like that

No underestimation
(Why sure, I'm young and smart)
Just bland appreciation
for my presence, not my art
But I revere this armor
It's cozy in my shell
Where I can be a charmer
And still embrace my hell

It's a healthy relationship
though I am not healthy at all
It's a working relationship
if nobody tears down the walls
It's a beautiful place to be
if the beauty is skin-deep
don't take it any further than that
it's perfect now, oh I need it like that