LEFT BEHIND (or, how to take advice from your past self)
I wrote this song in 2012 on a ukulele and never finished it. I found the lyrics recently and couldn't believe how much they resonated with where I'm at today. Turns out we really are cursed to make the same mistakes over and over again until we learn from them. Here's hoping this is the last time I have to ask myself these questions 🤞
LEFT BEHIND:
I'm scared to find
I'm hiding in the shadow of what's left behind
no direction
false intentions
criticized
i'm scared to see
I'm hiding in between what i'm meant to be
no selection
false pretences
left behind
but i'm waiting to see everything so clear
more impossible everyday
one day revealed, so they say
how much more should i give away?
how much more can they break?
it's my adventure
my development trying to find
who's left behind
in the shadow of impossible lies
where are you waiting?
i'm going somewhere to hide
inside, my mind
how much more should i give away?
how much more can i take?
how much more should i give away?
no more than i can fake,
no more than they can take
how much more should i give away?
how much more am i willing to take?
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