So you've tossed and turned between your sheets for weeks
Understand in retrospect, it's ironic, isn't it?
On this one year anniversary of presidents lost at sea,
it seems that everything you eat eventually turns bittersweet.
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I don't mean to point these fingers, I just want everyone to be happy
like when we were still to naive to think that this would all come full circle.
We will dream of better days, times where we could sing "whoa-oh-oh"
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He's my friend and I'm not prepared to turn my back on him, despite what you say.
Even though I can see the forest for the trees,
we all deserve some forgiveness.
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You don't see the walks he takes or the heartbreak he's put himself through
But we all know it's probably ten times for you
and we will dream of better days where we could sing "whoa-oh-oh"
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You were melted down.
You make me sick to my stomach when..
You make the same mistakes again.
Over and over and over again.
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Those happy tears you introduced her to will stain the pages of your story in her diary.
Every chapter to come will have the scent of you between every line.
One of the butterflies you filled her with will always manage to rest on her windowsill,
looking in it sees a bedside portrait of possibilities.
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And just like that! It's done!
You might as well have thrown it all in the trash when
you closed the door behind you to your room.
Closure in the most disgusting way possible.
Her heart dropped to the pit of her stomach and came up again - just like your lies.
They'll leave a taste in my mouth
almost as bitter as I'm sure she fucking tasted that night,
but i'm not so sure it's as bitter as you.
But I shouldn't have to tell you cause you already know
cause you're so fucking smart - aren't you?
You know what you did wrong, the last thing I need to do is reiterate it to you.
But it's easier to blame the storm on a butterfly
flapping it's wings miles away from both of you.
To simplify everything in three minutes or less... it's impossible to do.
Cause life is never that easy.
The veteran Oakland jazz artist presents her first full-length album made in partnership with members of Citizens Jazz. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 9, 2021