Name: don't wait up
Duration: P00H04M18S
Description: My previous way of approaching transition was to take things so slow and make sure my family was on the same page as me. I won't elaborate, but basically that strategy backfired and the loss of relationships I was scared of happened anyway, at least for several people. This song is me giving myself permission to move forward with my life without others' approval.

don't wait up

from boundarypush by Wren Dove Lark

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My previous way of approaching transition was to take things so slow and make sure my family was on the same page as me. I won't elaborate, but basically that strategy backfired and the loss of relationships I was scared of happened anyway, at least for several people. This song is me giving myself permission to move forward with my life without others' approval.

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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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from boundarypush, released February 9, 2024

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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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