Moral Obligation

from ODDBIRD by Wren Dove Lark

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Do you hear me
When I tell you
I have something important to say?
‘Cause you look quite distracted.
But I can’t make your phone away.

Do you believe me
When I tell you
That something has to change?
‘Cause I refuse to live like this.
I’m moving on whatever it takes.

And I hope I don’t lose you.
I hope you feel
The urgency I feel
I hope it don’t hurt you.
‘Cause all I want to do is heal

And it’s been
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Nights since I saw you
And I don’t know what I’d say if I did.

I spent
6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Years trying to be this thing you want
And I can’t do it again

If I could beam myself
Inside your fucking mind
And beat your fears into submission
I would
But even if I could
Would it make a difference?

Just tell me do I have
A moral obligation
To trap myself inside of this depression I am in
A moral obligation
To make you feel the most comfortable you’ve ever been.
A moral obligation
To crumple all my feelings up push them back inside
A moral obligation
To make myself hide when I’m around you

And do you know that
When I look into a mirror
The reflection that I see looks like you?

Do you like that that’s true?

‘Cause I’m scared that I’ll lose you.
I’m scared to feelThe urgency I feel
I’m scared to know it hurts you.
‘Cause all I want to do is heal

And it’s been
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Nights since I saw you
And I don’t know what I’d say if I did.
I spent
6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Years trying to be this thing you wantAnd I can’t do it again.

If I could beam myself
Inside your fucking mind
And beat your fears into submission
I would
But even if I could
Would it make a difference?

Just tell me do I have
A moral obligation
To trap myself inside of this depression I am in
A moral obligation
To make you feel the most comfortable you’ve ever been
A moral obligation
To crumple all my feelings up, push them back inside
A moral obligation
To make myself hide when I’m around you

A moral obligation x 12

And what is an egg
But chaos self-contained?
An image you project
Then pray it feels the same.

And like a mother loon,
You brought me where I lay.
But I can feel your hands around me
Scared I’ll run away
Time only knows forward motion
We can’t stay the same
And I’m still weak from holding it all in.

Help me turn the page x5

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from ODDBIRD, released November 6, 2020

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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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