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[Verse 1: Wren Dove Lark]
Well you're acting like your world is shattered
I'm just standing here wondering what is the matter with you
All I'm doing is wearing a dress that I bought for three dollars from Goodwill
Honey, can you take a chill pill?
Acting like you're 'bout to get killed.
Yeah it's crazy the way you imagine catastrophe
But what can I say?
I guess I forgot to shave
I didn't think to do it today
I just went on my way hoping to just rejoice in this day which the Lord hath made
But then I ended up here
With you and this stick up your rear
Expecting me to manage your fear
When I only wish to go away
But I never will ever escape
This constant bombardment
Of cisgender halfwits that can't ever ask themselves
[Prechorus: Wren Dove Lark]
Did it cross your mind?
The entropy you tried to confine
When you drew me inside of a perfect circle
And then bolded the lines
[Chorus: Wren Dove Lark]
Well stop boxing me in
'Cause I'll never consent
And if you'd open your eyes
Then maybe you'd realize
That I am of the divine
I'm unfairly maligned
I'm unfiltered and unrefined
I shouldn't have to remind you
That I am wonderfully made
And I can shine in the shade
I'm no longer afraid
So you can get on my good side
Or you can get out my way
You can get out my way
[Verse 2: Chloe Hotline]
They break you down before they box you in
Embarrass you and try to tell your friends
But never forget where it all began
I had to deal with some shit and it was all within
And who are you to tell me I'm wrong?
When I never put lies in none of them songs
Apology, I know that you won't
But I don't give a fuck I'm done staring at phones
Should I leave it alone?
Should I leave it alone?
Or face it head on?
If I did not I would probably be dead wrong
This circle inside and bolding the lines
So really just get the fuck on
I'm sorry
I don't know why I feel like this
I don't know if it all makes sense
Girl of the year
Facing her fear
I knew that they were here
It all came clear
It's a way to walk your line
It's a way to grow all the time
And you still respect your mind
Don't forget who you were inside
What more could it be?
What more could they need?
I'm divine and I'll see
If this feeling I keep
Is this feeling I keep
[Prechorus: Wren Dove Lark]
Did it cross your mind?
The entropy you tried to confine
When you drew me inside of a perfect circle
And then bolded the lines
[Chorus: Wren Dove Lark]
Well stop boxing me in
'Cause I'll never consent
And if you'd open your eyes
Then maybe you'd realize
That I am of the divine
I'm unfairly maligned
I'm unfiltered and unrefined
I shouldn't have to remind you
That I am wonderfully made
And I can shine in the shade
I'm no longer afraid
So you can get on my good side
Or you can get out my way
You can get out my way
You can get out my way
Oh
You can get out my way
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prayer (ft. Ishtar Sr.)
03:57
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[Verse 1: Wren Dove Lark]
I'm not your enemy
I'll never get the animosity
You seem to hold for me
I wonder where you find the energy
I turn the other cheek
I take the higher road and drive on through
Any havoc that you wreak
'Cause I'm shaped by forces much stronger than you
I'm one drop in the sea
Just one cell in the tallest of the trees
Just one star in the galaxy
But somehow you are still obsessed with me
[Chorus: Wren Dove Lark]
I bow my head and pray that you will see
I bow my head and pray that you will see
I bow my head and pray that you will see
The light I know that's radiating from me
It's radiating from me out to you
It's radiating from me
It's radiating from me out to you
Yeah
Somehow I once lost sight
Of the foundation I was built upon
That the love composing me
Means much more than these rants that you go on
So I try to leave you be
I try to give you space
But right now here you are
You're yelling in my face
Can't think of nothing else that I can do
But you look ridiculous
So go ahead and scream
Exorcise the hate you hold for me
And let the water wash you clean
It's time to let the bile inside you free
[Chorus: Wren Dove Lark]
I bow my head and pray that you will see
I bow my head and pray that you will see
I bow my head and pray that you will see
The light I know that's radiating from me
It's radiating from me out to you
It's radiating from me
It's radiating from me out to you
[Verse 3: Ishtar Sr.]
Held hostage by the Christians at the wine mixer
Two decades of pain for imaginary elixir
Ishtar? You tried to nix her
Two decades of pain for imaginary elixir
Rapture who? Say what
Liberation theologian, we save us
We save us
2015 nexus point of all the talk I take up
Your rose-colored glasses fogged up looking the pearliest
On some "status quo is perfect" shit
What demons to excise?
Memory dead wiped
Die on whatever hill you want
Still got' turn you fertilizer
Kindling purged to serve the fire
In Babylon cursed to traverse the wire
[Chorus: Wren Dove Lark]
I bow my head and pray that you will see
I bow my head and pray that you will see
I bow my head and pray that you will see
The light I know that's radiating from me
It's radiating from me out to you
It's radiating from me
It's radiating from me out to you
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people pleasing
05:35
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[Verse 1]
Oh my
I wonder what could have been wrong with me
Thinking I
Could teach you how to treat me lovingly
I
Delayed turning my page
Thinking if I could wait
You'd help write my next chapter with me
And only
God knows
All the throes
Of depression I sunk into
All the parts of my heart
I simply sacrificed to you
How how I pined
For the high
Of just one scrap of your attention
Can't comprehend it how I
[Prechorus]
Wasted my life by giving you the benefit of the doubt
Guess I caved into you 'cause I thought it was the easy way out
But then the current pulled me under when my life it flashed before my eyes
And I realized
[Chorus]
That all my
People pleasing just ain't pleasing me no more
Yeah all my
People pleasing just ain't pleasing me no more
Yeah all my
People pleasing just ain't pleasing me no more
Yeah all my
People pleasing just ain't pleasing me no more
And I wish I could go back and tell myself that I deserved much more
So the old me could have seen nobody's love is worth begging for
But time's a raging river pushing me away and I can't go back
So people pleasing could you please stay in the past?
Stay in the past
[Verse 2]
Oh dear
All the fear
I had I didn't measure up
All the times
That I cried
Thinking I'd never be enough
Only now
Have I found
That confidence to call your bluff
And
Goodness gracious
All my patience
You were never worthy of
Always craving
Validation
From you that was never gonna come
How I pained
For the taste
Of just one crumb of your affection
Feel so dejected because of
[Prechorus]
Wasted my life by giving you the benefit of the doubt
Guess I caved into you 'cause I thought it was the easy way out
But then the current pulled me under when my life it flashed before my eyes
And I realized
[Chorus]
That all my
People pleasing just ain't pleasing me no more
Yeah all my
People pleasing just ain't pleasing me no more
Yeah all my
People pleasing just ain't pleasing me no more
Yeah all my
People pleasing just ain't pleasing me no more
And I wish I could go back and tell myself that I deserved much more
So the old me could have seen nobody's love is worth begging for
But time's a raging river pushing me away and I can't go back
So people pleasing could you please stay in the past?
Stay in the past
[Bridge]
Last night I was crying in bed
I was sitting all alone set off by something you said
I took a look in the mirror, saw my eyes turning red
I said "Now watch out baby, or you're gonna wind up dead"
So last night I stopped trying to meet
All these asinine expectations you kept placing on me
I took a long, deep breath
Said I'm done placing someone above me
Who don't know how to love me
[Chorus]
'Cause all my
People pleasing just ain't pleasing me no more
Yeah all my
People pleasing just ain't pleasing me no more
Yeah all my
People pleasing just ain't pleasing me no more
Yeah all my
People pleasing just ain't pleasing me no more
And I wish I could go back and tell myself that I deserved much more
So the old me could have seen nobody's love is worth begging for
But time's a raging river pushing me away and I can't go back
So people pleasing could you please stay in the past?
Stay in the past
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it's always been yours
03:42
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[Verse 1]
You want a piece of my mind
I'm gonna give it to you
You won't find any peace in mine
So I'm gonna tell you the truth
I decline
To feel this need to be fused
Addiction to being used
I've never let my body and my mind just be mine
But I could start to try
So I decline
I see myself clearer now
I don't think that I should ever
Think I can teach someone else
How to treat themselves better
You'll be fine if I decline
[Chorus]
To carry that weight for you
Not gonna carry that weight for you
I don't know what else I can say to you
My vocal cords feel like a flash flood crashing into you
Saying I'm sorry I can't do this no more
I've got a light I try my hardest to keep moving towards
I've got too much I want to live for
Than wasting all my time on a life that's never been mine
It's always been yours
It's always been yours
It's always been yours
It's always been yours
[Verse 2]
And I am not an oracle
And I cannot predict your future
And I cannot heal you on my own
Without tearing my sutures
I cannot field your questions
If you're gonna speak out of turn
I cannot hold your hand along the way
If you don't do the work
You only like me when you're pushing me up against a wall
You only see me as a cushion that can break your fall
But your insecurity
That you project on me
Is not my problem to solve
[Chorus]
Not carry that weight for you
Not gonna carry that weight for you
I don't know what else I can say to you
My vocal cords feel like a flash flood crashing into you
Saying I'm sorry I can't do this no more
I've got a light I try my hardest to keep moving towards
I've got too much I want to live for
Than wasting all my time on a life that's never been mine
It's always been yours
It's always been yours
It's always been yours
It's always been yours
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5. |
katydid
04:04
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[Verse 1]
And it's weird
Thinking 'bout you in the past tense
Knowing that you're gone
But I can't make sense of this reality I'm living in
And it's strange
Feeling stuck in this material plane
In this form I've long since escaped
Trapped inside your skin
I try to tell myself
[Prechorus]
That you're the fly on the wall
Bug in my ear
Feeling caught in a swarm
Get me out of here
Fireflies in the sky
Wonder where they go
Make a wish and hope that you will know
[Chorus]
You're always jumping 'round my thoughts like a katydid
Here you call from afar it's like I'm there again
Sent some waves to your antennae did they reach you?
I hope you know that I'd do anything to please you
I felt some tears coming looking through my photographs
I saw your dorky little smile and it made me laugh
Thought of ways that we both compromised to live
Somehow we made it though
I miss you, little katydid
Oh
I miss you, little katydid
[Verse 2]
'Cause it's so bizarre
Feeling your presence when you're far away
Wishing that you knew it's hard for me to say I'm struggling so bad
And is it sad?
Knowing that this is what it's come to
Dreaming of a portal I can jump through to be the savior that you needed then
But maybe
[Prechorus]
You're the fly on the wall
Bug in my ear
Feeling caught in a swarm
Get me out of here
Fireflies in the sky
Wonder where they go
Make a wish and hope that you will know
[Chorus]
You're always jumping 'round my thoughts like a katydid
Here you call from afar it's like I'm there again
Sent some waves to your antennae did they reach you?
I hope you know that I'd do anything to please you
I felt some tears coming looking through my photographs
I saw your dorky little smile and it made me laugh
Thought of ways that we both compromised to live
Somehow we made it though
I miss you, little katydid
I miss you
I miss you, little katydid
[Bridge/Outro]
And I miss all of your memories
Suspended inside amber
I struggle to remember
Myself before I left you
It's this strange effect you have on me
Where
I get lost inside the ecstacy
Of everything
We could have been
My mind is jumping
Oh
My mind is jumping
Oh
My mind is jumping
Oh
It's jumping just like a katydid
I miss you, I love you little katydid
We deserved much better than we'd get
I loved you little katydid.
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6. |
don't wait up
04:18
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[Verse 1]
I know you struggle to breathe
You're so conditioned to please
I know they're slow at making any effort
So you just keep running ahead
You're body's moving so fast
But your mind is stuck in the past
You find your feet racing over broken gravel
On this path you've come to dread
[Prechorus 1]
And I know you find yourself day by day
Hoping at last they're gonna reach the same page
Only to be disappointed
Let their actions be they're voices trying to tell you
[Chorus]
"Don't wait up for me
Don't wait up for me
I am so sorry
I've been busy learning, myself
And don't wait up for me
Don't wait up for me
This ain't my story
You've got pleasure you haven't felt
And I know it hurts you can't be everything to everyone
You try your best, but I just can't keep up
So don't wait up for me just go"
[Verse 2]
But
Those words are hard to believe
I've seen you struggle to grieve
For all those moments they left you feeling hopeless
You just keep holding it in
[Prechorus 2]
But stop holding it in
Let it go
Let their actions be their voices saying
[Chorus]
"Don't wait up for me
Don't wait up for me
I am so sorry
I've been busy learning, myself
And don't wait up for me
Don't wait up for me
This ain't my story
You've got pleasure you haven't felt
And I know it hurts you can't be everything to everyone
You try your best, but I just can't keep up
So don't wait up for me just go"
[Bridge]
Yeah
An angel's call resounding
Your love transcends these boundaries
Of time
Of space
Of loss
Of pain
Hear them guide you
Can you hear them saying?
[Chorus]
"Don't wait up for me
Don't wait up for me
I am so sorry
I've been busy learning, myself
And don't wait up for me
Don't wait up for me
This ain't my story
You've got pleasure you haven't felt
And I know it hurts you can't be everything to everyone
You try your best, but I just can't keep up
So don't wait up for me just go"
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7. |
bitter pill
05:04
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[Verse 1]
Yeah
It hurts to let go
Of this future I thought I'd build together with you
And reconciling what it's turned into
And
It hurts to have to see
This image I had of you getting tarnished right in front of me
I wouldn't wish it on my enemy
[Prechorus 1]
'Cause it's so hard
To get this far
And know you're gonna have to start again
I lose my mind
Wasting all my time
Thinking 'bout what could have been
And being left with the admission that
[Chorus]
I will always love you
But I'd love to finally have a break
And there's a part of me that needs you
But I know I need to get away
I'm glad that we had our fun
But now the damage is done
And I can't think of nothing left to do
Except for me
To go and have a drink or two
'Cause
There's a bitter pill
I need to force myself to swallow
I'm guessing it's time for me accept that
All of your promises are gonna be hollow
I hope you know my heart breaks
For the person who I know that you could be
And I don't know what else to say
I wish it could have gone differently
It's such a damn bitter pill.
It's such a damn bitter pill.
[Verse 2]
It hurts to have to know
I was always a square peg trying to fit into a round hole
And that was always your goal for me
And it hurts to come to terms with
Letting myself just get stuck inside
This positive feedback loop of codependence
With you
[Prechorus 2]
'Cause it's so hard
To fight this hard
And know I'm gonna have to start again
I lose my mind
Every single time
I try to let you back in
Just to come back to this place where
[Chorus]
I will always love you
But I'd love to finally have a break
And there's a part of me that needs you
But I know I need to get away
I'm glad that we had our fun
But now the damage is done
And I can't think of nothing left to do
Except for me
To go and have a drink or two
'Cause
There's a bitter pill
I need to force myself to swallow
I'm guessing it's time for me accept that
All of your promises are gonna be hollow
I hope you know my heart breaks
For the person who I know that you could be
And I don't know what else to say
I wish it could have gone differently
It's such a damn bitter pill.
It's such a damn bitter pill.
It's so damn bitter
[Bridge]
And it gets bitterer with time
Festering until it's sour, acrid, and vile
Made salty by the teardrops from my eyes
Until it's rotten like the dreams I left behind
There ain't no way to sugarcoat it
I can't stop myself from choking
[Chorus]
On that bitter pill
I need to force myself to swallow
I'm guessing it's time for me accept that
All of your promises are gonna be hollow
I hope you know my heart breaks
For the person who I know that you could be
And I don't know what else to say
I wish it could have gone differently
It's such a damn bitter pill.
It's such a damn bitter pill.
It's such a damn bitter pill
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[Verse 1: Wren Dove Lark]
I will salvage this heart
I'll stitch together all these vessels torn apart
Make a patchwork of myself and then restart
Find beauty in these scars
And
I will find strength outside you
I'll want for more than all these walls that still confine you
I'll find my own way
I will transcend every hurtful thing you say
[Prechorus: Wren Dove Lark]
And I may fail
But I will grow
And I will learn
And I will know
A form of care you never had for me
And never wanted me to see
And I'll get angry
I may cry
I'll find my closure
Stop asking why
I will remember what you did to me
But I won't hold it anymore
I will release
[Chorus: Wren Dove Lark]
'Cause my heart is open
Yeah my heart is open
To butterflies and doves
To miracles and rainbows
To blessings from above
To vitriol and death blows
That find their way inside
'Til pain intensifies
But it hurts much more to hide
So my heart is open
Yeah my heart is open
And there's nothing more divine
Than reclaiming what is mine from you
[Verse 2: Wren Dove Lark]
So
I will stop pressing replay
I'll give these memories a restful place to stay
I will accept that things will never be the same
But I won't be ashamed
And
I'll find a pocket of air
I'll place my heart back on my sleeve I proudly wear
I will slowly breathe in
Relax my muscles and remind myself again
[Prechorus: Wren Dove Lark]
And I may fail
But I will grow
And I will learn
And I will know
A form of care you never had for me
And never wanted me to see
And I'll get angry
I may cry
I'll find my closure
Stop asking why
I will remember what you did to me
But I won't hold it anymore
I will release
[Chorus: Wren Dove Lark]
'Cause my heart is open
Yeah my heart is open
To butterflies and doves
To miracles and rainbows
To blessings from above
To vitriol and death blows
That find their way inside
'Til pain intensifies
But it hurts much more to hide
So my heart is open
Yeah my heart is open
And there's nothing more divine
Than reclaiming what is mine from you
[Outro: New Snake Commune]
My one hope for you
(Wren: My one hope for you x2)
Is that I never even cross your mind
'Cause my heart was broken
The same way you left the old screen door
But it's fixed now
And I'm fine now
We're both still just a little off-center
But every fiber torn
Is twice reformed
And I'll stretch these knotty muscles out
Keep breathing
Lose myself between the up and down
And rise to meet the sun
Same light in everyone
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[Verse 1: Wren Dove Lark]
Senses overloaded
I've received too much input in this state
Endless permutations
Overwhelmed by this world of me you made
I see a thousand harsh realities in the moment
I see a thousand new catastrophes oncoming
I hear a thousand different voices in my head
I wish you'd make them go quiet
And I try
But I don't know what I'm doing
And I go
But I'm so scared to go through it
Awkward attempts at every iteration
Of any version of myself that could elicit an escape from
This liminality of thinking and wanting and being what you can't describe
Besides
[Chorus: Wren Dove Lark]
You try a name that don't stick
Grow out your hair and think that'll do the trick
You buy some shoes that don't fit
Put on a dress and say
"Chief, nah this ain't it"
You give up and watch your face turn red
As you wade into bed
Slowly sinking into a depression
Get mad at how it's so unfair
Being stuck in despair
Only left with the question
How do you make it make sense
When you don't know yourself enough just yet?
How do you make it make sense
When you don't know yourself enough just yet?
How do you make it make sense?
How do you make it make sense?
How do you make it make sense?
How do you make it make sense?
[Verse 2: The Answers in Between]
And it takes forever
Finding other girls of a feather
You find a safe place from all the noise
Drowning out the sound of your inner voice
But when you finally listen
You know that it's different
From everything that you were supposed to know
You moved hell and heart so you never let show
I see a thousand miles between everyone that I love
A thousand well meaning cis friends asking me what's wrong
Think it's a million people telling us we don't belong
Then the mask comes off and they just want us gone
Shouldn't have to spend so long on the edge
Retreating deeper and deeper and deeper into your head
Then you make yourself real but need to prove you exist
I'm sick of persistence, fuck this resistance
Just make it make sense
[Chorus: Wren Dove Lark and The Answers in Between]
You try a name that don't stick
Grow out your hair and think that'll do the trick
You buy some shoes that don't fit
Put on a dress and say
"Chief, nah this ain't it"
You give up and watch your face turn red
As you wade into bed
Slowly sinking into a depression
Get mad at how it's so unfair
Being stuck in despair
Only left with the question
How do you make it make sense
When you don't know yourself enough just yet?
How do you make it make sense
When you don't know yourself enough just yet?
How do you make it make sense?
How do you make it make sense?
How do you make it make sense?
How do you make it make sense?
[Bridge/Outro: Wren Dove Lark and The Answers in Between]
How do you make it make sense
To a boy without a reference?
How do you make it make sense
To a girl without a precedent?
How do make it through the prejudice?
How do you step off of the precipice?
How do you learn to love the nebulous, incredulous, and perilous?
How do you make it make sense
When you don't know yourself enough just yet?
How do you make it make sense
When you don't know yourself enough just yet?
How do you make it make sense?
How do you make it make sense?
How do you make it make sense?
How do you make it make sense?
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10. |
sensemaking ii
04:57
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[ Verse 1]
I wish I was born knowing my answers
'Cause it seems that's what you need
Someone to sit you down and talk you through nuance and complexity
Someone to file down all their edges and their eccentricities
When doing that comes at the cost of part of my humanity
An image of who I was that never seemed to fit with your desires
Was hard to articulate it as I was wading through this endless fire
But sometimes knowing who you're not is key
But I'm at a place where I can tell you now
[Prechorus]
Don't stand beside me if you just want for me to tower over you
Don't hold my hand if you're gonna emphasize how much you see it grew
I'm not a protector
I'm not a provider
I wish you knew
[Chorus]
That that ain't who I am
It's something you projected onto me
'Cause you refuse to understand
I can't fit this role you want me to be
And I contain multitudes
That'll never make sense to you
But that's something I got used to finally
Now it makes sense to me
Yeah
It makes sense to me
That's all I need
That's all I need
[Verse 2]
And I'm not a stud
I'm not a twink
I'm not messed up
I'm at the brink
Of a psychotic breakdown trying to break it down for you that
I'm more than fabulous and brave
And I'm not a soul you need to save
And if there's something else you see in me?
[Chorus]
That ain't who I am
It's something you projected onto me
'Cause you refuse to understand
I can't fit this role you want me to be
And I contain multitudes
That'll never make sense to you
But that's something I got used to finally
Now it makes sense to me
Yeah
It makes sense to me
That's all I need
That's all I need
[Bridge]
And you think I wrote this song for you?
Well that's a lie
I had to write it for myself to leave behind
This phase of life I felt so fragile I had to hide
And say goodbye to you
And I'm sorry how I hurt you
It wasn't my intent
And if you can't forgive I'll empathize and understand
But you will never know the pain of having to pretend to be someone who
[Chorus]
Isn't who I am
It's something you projected onto me
'Cause you refuse to understand
I can't fit this role you want me to be
And I contain multitudes
That'll never make sense to you
But that's something I got used to finally
Now it makes sense to me
Yeah
It makes sense to me
That's all I need
That's all I need
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11. |
go your own way
04:14
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[Verse]
And you said
"It seems you like that road less traveled
It's never gonna make a lick of sense to me
But if you find yourself unraveled
I'll wind you up until you wind back up with me"
I said
"Don't get your hopes up, baby
Wish you'd have some confidence in me"
That's when you rolled your eyes and laughed and told me
"Ok we'll see
[Prechorus]
I can't make your choices for you
Sometimes I wish that I could
But when I think about it longer
It wouldn't do either of us any good
You're such a different girl from me
I'm thankful for that every day
I hope you hear the love I have for you inside me when I say
[Chorus]
You gotta go your own way
I hope you choose the way you think will find you peace
You gotta go your own way
And I hope that in the end our paths will meet
I hope if you get lonely
You remember you won't have to try hard to find me
But if there's one thing that I know
It's I know you'll end up where you're meant to be
Yeah
I know you'll end up where you're meant to be
Meant to be"
[Verse 2]
The years they brought some changes
I saw something had changed in you
But I just couldn't place it
Until you came to me and came out with the truth
You tried to ask me questions
I couldn't answer them for you
I know that had to hurt but please know I adore you baby
[Prechorus]
I can't make your choices for you
Sometimes I wish that I could
But when I think about it longer
It wouldn't do either of us any good
You're such a different girl from me
I'm thankful for that every day
I hope you hear the love I have for you inside me when I say
[Chorus]
You gotta go your own way
I hope you choose the way you think will find you peace
You gotta go your own way
And I hope that in the end our paths will meet
I hope if you get lonely
You remember you won't have to try hard to find me
But if there's one thing that I know
It's I know you'll end up where you're meant to be
Yeah
I know you'll end up where you're meant to be
Meant to be
[Bridge]
Yeah
Sometimes the greatest act of love
Is learning how to just let go
Sometimes the greatest act of care
Is just admitting you don't know
Sometimes the answers that you seek
You have to find them for yourself
And when you finally come upon them
Here's the way that you will tell
It's like the cold wind that blows
Sending chills through your toes
It comes and it goes
Yeah
And there are highs there are lows
When you're deep in the throes
But hold out hope
Soon you'll know
I cannot make you
I cannot bring you
You've gotta do it on your own
But I'll be there for you all the way
And you may not recognize this feeling yet
But it'll come to you I promise, babe
Remember just for now
[Chorus]
You gotta go your own way
I hope you choose the way you think will find you peace
You gotta go your own way
And I hope that in the end our paths will meet
I hope if you get lonely
You remember you won't have to try hard to find me
But if there's one thing that I know
It's I know you'll end up where you're meant to be
Yeah
I know you'll end up where you're meant to be
I know you'll end up where you're meant to be
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12. |
story interrupted
05:20
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[Verse 1]
Sometimes I think that maybe I could use a brain scan
Scared of having shit in common with a dead man
Ain't it strange how both our narratives are out of our control now
Exiled exercising my autonomy
You were taken falling victim to velocity
Now we’re separated from all that we used to know
And I’m jealous of you
How you know where you’re headed to
While I’m stuck in a fog
Can’t see 10 feet in front of me
And how can you still move
When this abyss is in front of you
I’m in awe of your surrender
Till I look in the mirror
[Prechorus]
That’s when
I freeze, I thaw
I clench my jaw
I cry late at night
Then I shake it off
I drag myself
Throughout this hell
And wonder what you’d think of me
I beg, I plead
For clarity
This liminal living
Is killing me
And I know that you’d roll your eyes
But can you please humor me?
[Chorus]
Ain’t it sad to be a story interrupted
Fine one moment then you fade into nothing
When they wrest the wheel out of your control
Making all you know intangible
Front and center in a schism you ain’t ask for
Try to fight it but they force you through the back door
They leave you behind
All frozen in time
As a story interrupted
As a story interrupted
[Verse 2]
Since you left
I’ve been thinking
Of all of the ways
We are shaped
By the stories
That people
Will tell in our absence
But unlike you
I’m left to wonder
What they might think of me
And who I’m supposed to be
And what that might mean for me
I don't know
Since you left
I’ve been standing in place
Yet I’m drifting away
From the space
I thought that I once occupied
I don’t know what’s wrong with me
It hurts to recognize that
You were part of what tethered me
[Prechorus]
‘Cause now
I freeze, I thaw
I clench my jaw
I cry late at night
Then I shake it off
I drag myself
Throughout this hell
And wonder what you’d think of me
I beg, I plead
For clarity
This liminal living
Is killing me
And I know that you’d roll your eyes
But can you please humor me?
[Chorus]
Ain’t it sad to be a story interrupted
Fine one moment then you fade into nothing
When they wrest the wheel out of your control
Making all you know intangible
Front and center in a schism you ain’t ask for
Try to fight it but they force you through the back door
They leave you behind
All frozen in time
As a story interrupted
As a story interrupted
[Bridge]
Yeah
It feels weird to me admitting that I miss you
You were
Representative but you were not the issue
Purple martins on the house in the back yard
Made her smile what more could I ask for
There were problems but I swore that we could fix them
It felt weird to meet a man who fucking listened
I linger inside this sentimental view
This narrative of mine that I project on you
‘Cause your story interrupted
Yeah your story interrupted
Yeah your story interrupted
Yeah your story interrupted
[Chorus]
Yeah
Ain’t it sad to be a story interrupted
Fine one moment then you fade into nothing
When they wrest the wheel out of your control
Making all you know intangible
Front and center in a schism you ain’t ask for
Try to fight it but they force you through the back door
They leave you behind
All frozen in time
As a story interrupted
As a story interrupted
As a story interrupted
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13. |
me + my girl
03:48
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[Verse 1]
I sometimes wonder if you're like me
And you're so tired of waiting
Finding it so frustrating
When we're both separated
'Cause sometimes I feel I'm descending into madness
And overwhelming sadness
From just staring into this chasm
[Prechorus]
That's keeping us apart
But there's a thread connecting both our hearts
It's giving me the strength
To find this missing link
To make us both feel whole again
'Cause all I know is
[Chorus]
I just want to be blissful with you
In the garden built for us two
No one there to care what we do
Just give into the ways that we move
And for a second I'll forget I'm hurting
'Cause I'll be blissful with you
I'll be blissful with you
I'll be blissful with you
I'll be blissful with you
[Verse 2]
And every trace of you excised from me
To become a carbon copy of my enemy
Safe in the cold comfort afforded me
Thought I'd be happy
I thought my spirit could be satiated
But this hunger never dissipated
It kept growing ever larger
Until the bomb inside me detonated
And I couldn't fake it
[Chorus]
I just wanted to be blissful with you
In the garden built for us two
No one there to care what we do
Just give into the wasy that we move
And for a second I'll forget I'm hurting
'Cause I'll be blissful with you
I'll be blissful with you
I'll be blissful with you
I'll be blissful with you
[Bridge]
I'll be blissful with you
I don't care, I don't care, I don't care, I'm blissful
I don't care, I don't care, I don't care, I'm blissful
I don't care, I don't care, I don't care, I'm blissful
I'm blissful
And why do patriarchal demons in this world
Always try to come between me and my girl
Always try to come between me and my girl
Always try to come between me and my girl
'Cause no apocalypse that's ever gonna unfurl
Is strong enough to come between me and my girl
These angels and these devils need to learn she's my world
She makes me blissful
[Chorus]
I just want to be blissful with you
In the garden built for us two
No one there to care what we do
Just give into the ways that we move
And for a second I'll forget I'm hurting
'Cause I'll be blissful with you
I'll be blissful with you
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14. |
keep the faith
05:45
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[Verse 1]
Don't put a price on me
I am infinity
Fractals unfold within me
My love expands endlessly
I have to pay for serotonin
'Cause I struggle holding hope
Inside this world where my plans can just slip out of my hands
I know you feel
Disempowered, disenchanted
But don't take this beauty here for granted
You've gotta trust me
I know first-hand
[Chorus]
That it's hard
To believe
In yourself
When the world doesn't believe you exist
You're just a number with some feelings
Line some pockets or they'll keep being dismissed
But I believe things can change
Entropy's hard to contain
And this world is way too strange
To be boxed in and explained
When it gets tough
I tell myself keep the faith
I tell myself keep the faith
I tell myself keep the faith
I tell myself keep the faith
Just keep your faith
[Verse 2]
When the sky is filled with smoke
And when that necktie makes you choke
Or when your hormones get denied
Or when that copay's way too high
Or when your need for home and health and sense of self is monetized
It isn't easy here to stabilize
[Chorus]
It's way too hard
To believe
In yourself
When the world doesn't believe you exist
You're just a number with some feelings
Line some pockets or they'll keep being dismissed
But I believe things can change
Entropy's hard to contain
And this world is way too strange
To be boxed in and explained
When it gets tough
I tell myself keep the faith
I tell myself keep the faith
I tell myself keep the faith
I tell myself keep the faith
Just keep your faith
[Bridge]
Someday the government will get what it has coming
Corporate vampires will be forced to see the sun
And they'll feed the worms
They'll grow some trees
Air in our lungs
Jumping in leaves
Smiles on our faces
[Chorus]
But right now I get that it's hard
To believe
In yourself
When the world doesn't believe you exist
You're just a number with some feelings
Line some pockets or they'll keep being dismissed
I still believe that things can change
Entropy's hard to contain
And this world is way too strange
To be boxed in and explained
Just tell yourself
Keep the faith
I tell myself keep the faith
I tell myself keep the faith
I tell myself keep the faith
Keep the faith
Just keep your faith
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15. |
positive disintegration
03:20
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[instrumental]
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Wren Dove Lark Newark, New Jersey
I'm Wren (she/her). I write weird pop music for trans girls to cathartically cry to. If others get something from my music, that's awesome too. :)
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