I happen to be standing by my own opinions, all of the time
If this way of living continues to reveal it’s sore points, I’ll have to leave
Again my heartbeat fades, a little more stress, a little less energy, that’s the trade
I happen to be degrading in my own dominion of silence
What do I have to become to take away this pressure
All the time I could give just never measured up
If I pushed any harder I would crumble from the effort
What more can I deliver before I just give up
But that’s the trade
You and I have made
Are you willing to begin defining a mental uprising of your personal views
Your only way of healing your anxious feelings requires wearing me down
Other methods exist to quiet the dangers in your field view
But you happen to be caught in a nightmare of hurting me too
What do I have to become to take away this pressure
All the time I could give just never measured up
If I pushed any harder I would crumble from the effort
What more can I deliver before I just give up
But that’s the trade
You and I have made
credits
from Inland Sea,
released August 21, 2019
written, performed & produced by Mary Win
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