songs: Learn To Let Go

Written in a trailer parked on an empty lot.

How do we learn to let go?
When will we learn to see
The past it grows like branches in a tree?

Well which branch are we?
No, we are falling leaves.
We’re brown, we’re dead as dead can be
We’re brown, we’re dead as dead can be.

[c]
I don’t need to be wealthy
I don’t need to be known
I just want to be happy with myself as I’m walking on
I don’t need to be cheered for
Stage was never my place
But bright lights and loud music sure do make for a nice escape

Now, I’ve been running out of places I can stay
I think I’ve run all out of places I can stay.

How do we deal with death, lord?
I’ve been dying all my life.
And I still don’t know what’s on the other side
Well, who’s story’s right?
We all prophesize
Long as we doubt we’ll tell our lies
Long as we doubt we’ll tell our lies.

[c]

Listen to me, Listen to me
Do I sound happy?
Listen to me, listen closely
Do I sound happy?
Listen, no, listen, don’t listen to me
I don’t know anything at all
But I know how to fall, and I know now

I don’t need to be happy
I just need to be free
I know now that the good comes with the bad
And that love’s just fantasy

I’m not bound by illusion
So shove me off, let me be
If my home’s where my heart is
I need someplace quiet
So I can hear it beat.

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