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a lullaby
04:08
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Montana takes forever to fly over
if you’re flying just like I do, coast to coast.
I hear the train’s a lovely ride worth taking,
that’s if you don’t mind 3 days alone with your thoughts
There’s dozens of voices now,
they’re turning into one big sound
Self soothing by sneaking out
to sing myself a lullaby in the bathroom of this bar
Singing -
“You don’t have to talk
There’s nothing you need to say
Let this song carry you off
To somewhere you feel safe
Na na na na na na na”
I’ve never been open wide
to the possibility of a good time
See them dancing and slip outside
It doesn’t make sense to linger there when I feel so far
There’s dozens of reasons to
close the windows and sing the blues
Feed avoidance that I’m used to,
and sing myself a lullaby in the dark of my parked car
Singing -
“You don’t have to talk
There’s nothing you have to say
Let this song carry you off
To somewhere you feel safe
Na na na na na na na”
Here’s something I love to lie about
I’m content with keeping to myself
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It’s the song you’re humming while you wash the dishes
How, for a second, it made you miss your parents
It’s the book you finished on the way to 3am
Gave you faith in strangers, faith that connection’s worth a chance
YOU HAVE AN INTERESTING STORY
YOU HAVE AN INTERESTING STORY
I PROMISE
All the time you wait for worthy words to leave your mouth,
Yet hesitate to let anything at all out
If all you do today is burn journal pages,
Why don’t you sing this song again til you internalize this:
YOU HAVE AN INTERESTING STORY
YOU HAVE AN INTERESTING STORY
I PROMISE
What if you just believed people wanna listen?
What if you just believed people wanna be let in?
What if you just believed (x3)
People wanna listen?
YOU HAVE AN INTERESTING STORY
YOU HAVE AN INTERESTING STORY
I promise.
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3. |
the meeting point
02:54
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Your door’s locked from the inside
Instincts kick in but who am I
to call you selfish for making your decision?
It’s freezing, I wish you’d
consider sticking around for the
summer, at least spring, there I go again
I hope you end up where you want
I hope then the pain is gone
I make lists, I wash my
Car, and every once in a while,
My door unlocks from the inside
And all the lights I’d been keeping on
Burn out all at once,
And I’m awash in the feelings I’d been hiding so carefully from
What do you call it?
The meeting point between “I love you” and “l’m angry”? I guess I’m just so sorry
I hope you end up where you want
I hope then the pain is gone
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4. |
somewhere in texas
02:29
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At some point you grabbed my shirt from the bathroom
to tuck under your head.
Without me you might still be somewhere in Texas
or, god forbid, dead
You are made of nothing
but kindness and nerves.
Keep on keep on sleeping
don’t worry, it only makes things worse.
You’re testing my patience like you don’t
notice that it’s thin.
But that’s not your problem to carry around
I won’t pretend it is, cuz
You are made of nothing
but kindness and nerves.
Keep on keep on sleeping
don’t worry, it only makes things worse.
It’s coming up on a year in August
the west coast suits you well.
You smile like you’ve forgotten and you probably did
my love, you made it out of hell.
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silhouettes
03:50
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Some days feel like sun warmed butter
Some are award winningly bad
I get home with legs on fire
Cool down to your sleepy smile,
Dog on your lap
Find the best grocery store flowers
Lay them in the basket
They play Smashmouth in the snacks
And I look at you and laugh
It’s so tacit
Sweetness on the corners of my mouth
Grateful just to be around
Some days feel like waist high water
Not sure I remember how to swim
Recall the drug store plastic things
We’d blow up by the lake
And float on in
I might spread out a blanket
Pink backed daisies in the grass
Got a lemonade to share
We lie on our backs and dare
to let time pass
Sweetness on the corners of my mouth
Grateful just to be around
But right now,
Why do I miss you when you’re around?
Why do I miss me when I’m alone?
How did this get all turned around?
Why don’t you come and take me home?
It’s so easy to forget
Let’s take it easy tonight
Two softened silhouettes
Come back here with me any time
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Kelsey Szefler Seattle, Washington
she/they
just tryna make things even if I hate them tomorrow
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