Deliberate Self‐harm Ha Ha Songtext
von of Montreal

The treatment, it did nothing for me
Nothing I recall
I′d feel just like a sociopath
If I was feeling anything at all
Pain won't make you beautiful
And pain won′t make you strong
I knew that you thought both were true
And I guess I just played along

How does it feel to own
Such a trendy excuse?
It's just like Catherine says
"Having boundaries is abuse"


Now that I'm the paradigm
Of all that you resent,
If you′re ever kind I just
Assume it was an accident
You′d probably have a habit now
If we weren't so poor
I know I′m to blame for your DSH
Though not in the way I was before
Not in the way I was before

How does it feel to own
Such a trendy excuse?
It's just like Catherine says
"Having boundaries is abuse"

I can be combative, though
It′s not always worth the fight
I'm so quick to correct myself
Even when I know you know I′m right
She said, "I don't want you dead
I don't even need you dead to me
But if I can′t make you impotent
I know that I′ll never be free"
I know that I'll never be free