I will never sleep again
the quiet inside
I will never rest
or find peace of mind
seconds to go
moments I know
will be the last
I have to show
I have now passed
the last chance to grow
and so it goes
you can try your whole life and never be a star
no undying vows, arena crowds, or silver on your clouds
still I'm proud of who you are
just the way you are
i'm gonna tell you to your stupid face
you're the coolest one I've, met who isn't cool
you're the dumbest person i know
and when you talk, I don't care for what you say
but I love you just the same
you're so unfunny that it kinda makes me laugh
your favorite song is really bad
and I don't even really like you that much
but I love you just the same
I've got a lot
on my mind
I can't say to you
but I'm gonna say it soon
I wanna wait for the right time
a clear signal, the perfect line
when the moon and the stars all align
the way it is in my mind
but if I wait too long I might die
from old age or just burst inside
so give me a minute
while I sort out the rhyme
given the weight of everything
whether lost or following
there's a path through this
a belief, a risk
any fear dismissed
if I trust in what my truth resists
beneath all I've ever been
where I stop I start again
under clothes and skin
beyond hope or sin
in the self therein
organelles as cells within cells within
if I could give up
just start over again
there's nearly nothing in my life that I would choose
to wanna try to do the same
just mistakes and pain
just regret and shame
a lifetime's worth of walking
through the rain
but if you'll stay
I swear that'll change
if I begin from the end and work back to you
I'm afraid of the start
we are condemned to a loss and its residue
forever broken hearts
all time and all space conspire
every moment, future and prior
your light, your face, our fire
all hope will always expire
we are alive in the love that we fell into
until it departs
if I begin from the end and work back to you
I'm scared of the start
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The result of a songwriting game/challenge I took part in. The goal was to write and record a new song each day for 15 consecutive days. I manged to do 7 of them before getting way too overwhelmed with it, which I think was pretty good! I tried to think of these as little mini starting point songs to potentially go back to and jump off from later on, and while I'm not necessarily super excited about how any of them turned out, I think there are at least a couple of interesting ideas in each of them and I had a lot of fun making them. --mat
"Game starts on Friday the 1st, ends Friday the 15th. Songs are due by midnight-ish everyday. If you miss more than 2 days in one week or more than 3 days all together you are kicked out. There is no song length requirement but instrumentals are frowned upon."
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