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sadboy
03:01
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you’re tall and you’re shy,
you’ve got those sadboy blue eyes,
and you’re wasting all your time,
ignoring me.
I’m short and I hate pink,
I’m like a cold stiff drink,
I’ll tell you exactly what I think,
honestly.
I’ve heard that opposites attract,
so I guess we’re on the right track.
you’ve got me up against a wall,
I come running when you call,
and do you realize at all,
I’ve fallen deep?
you must be playing hard to get.
sometimes I think you’re ignorant,
but I wait up for that text,
you wanna see me.
it’s simple yet it’s strange,
we must be on the same page.
in the end who will we blame?
are we on the same page?
you’re a sadboy in this world
you’re a sadboy, I’d like to be your sad sadgirl
you’re a sadboy in this world
you’re a sadboy, I’d like to be your sad sad
I’d like to be your sad sad girl
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2. |
easier
02:54
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we say that it’s breakfast, nothing more,
even though I know you want an open door,
so we meet at different diners,
make believe that we’re not liars,
cause it’s easier.
it’s easier.
you say that I’m special, but I’m not.
you say this is different, but it’s not.
I always put you on a pedestal,
even though you’re unexceptional.
I lie to myself.
I lie to myself,
cause it’s easier, easier.
I lie to myself.
I say I’m okay, but I’m not sure.
I push you away and slam the door.
I always isolate myself,
a coping mechanism that doesn’t help.
it’s habitual,
and natural,
and it’s easier, easier.
it’s easier, easier.
yeah, it’s easier, easier.
it’s easier than anything else.
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3. |
leaning
04:33
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they say it’s strange that I’m still leaning,
that I need to change, stand on two feet and leave,
but my momma says I’m alright.
“so I guess I’m fine,” I say as it echoes through my mind,
all the shit I’ve done wrong.
like that one time I told Jess I couldn’t hang,
cause I wanted to see that boy again.
and I probably shouldn’t be so selfish at night,
but momma says I’ve gotta do things for myself sometimes.
I work two jobs, and thank god I don’t pay rent,
cause all my money goes to student loans and the goddamn government,
cause they said we’d be alright.
so we just get drunk and make believe our lives don’t suck,
and laugh it all away.
am I wasting time? thought I’d be in Nashville by now.
it’s a surprise, but I’ve got good things going on this side of town,
so I’ll stick around.
and momma says things will work out sometime.
cause my innocence is gone,
adulthood sets in,
my ambition is lost,
and that feeds the fear within.
momma told me I was special,
it turns out I’m just alright,
I’ve been living with that pressure for my whole life.
they told us we were special,
gave us participation awards,
building up the pressure,
but what are we working towards?
cause our innocence is gone,
adulthood has set in.
we’re all so fucking lost,
and I don’t know where to begin.
and they say it’s strange,
that I’m still leaning,
but I’m still leaning.
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4. |
alive
02:32
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do you know my enemies?
contentment and complacency,
I work so hard toward clarity,
wanna feel alive,
blood rushin, head tilted to the sky,
I see stars - they’re dancin
and I cannot stop staring,
pure black and I’m wrapping myself in the sky,
I feel like it holds…
it holds
the answers
to the questions I don’t know how to ask.
I feel the haze,
rushing over me for days,
it leaves me dull, it leaves me helpless and filled with fear.
it leaves me dull until I question why I am here.
it leaves me dull, it leaves me dull, it leaves me dull.
it leaves me dull, leaves me dull, dull.
I look at the stars to remember I’m here
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Alyssa Joseph Nashville, Tennessee
singer/songwriter chick amplifying your emotional void with carefully crafted grungy sadgirl songs
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