I sat down to write a song, but instead pressed record and this came out. 10 minutes of simply getting lost.
lyrics
You're looking at me shy, I don't wanna go
Looking at me high down, looking low
You got a high brow and a tired frown
and I keep looking down now
I'm looking, I'm looking for someone new
when I'm breathing, I'm breathing without you
and I'm hoping for nothing and aiming for less
when I'm choking I'm bluffing
what a test for me.
You're looking at the road with a tired frown,
looking at me up and looking down.
Look sideways at the row, not doing what you're told at all
I'm searching, I'm searching this tired Earth
for this thing that I wanted when I was birthed.
I still want to celebrate, will procrastinate for love.
and I'll elaborate, and I'll collaborate with you.
I don't want to go, am I lost?
Am I holding out for truth, am I really in doubt?
If life is such a tired thing, then why'd you bring me down
if you can't tell me what you think, don't you figure me out.
Want to tell me who you are, I know what your scars are made of
Do you want to take me for a ride in your car,
do you think that's what you're made of?
Don't you look me up
think me slow and wear a tired veil above your eyes.
Am i lonely? Am I in doubt for now?
Will you help me down, when I'm not looking out
So fix me down, with your little frown and your buttercup,
your tired look in the middle of the kitchen
you'll be looking me up and down.
Don't you worry 'bout a thing.
Isn't life a tired thing (I know, I know)
It'll make you laugh, it'll make you sing the whole damn floor off
Don't you laugh at all these tired things you reprieved when you were young
and you are young and holy now
Now don't you struggle.
Now don't you struggle.
No don't you struggle now
Don't you struggle now
All these problems, enveloping me with your doubt
and your empathy in the shroud.
Do you remember the day, when we were young in the summer rain
and our knees fell on the grass. Oh our knees fell on the grass.
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