Trying

from If Me Dies, Me Dies by Longfriend Timefriend

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Raised well, well I was raised well enough
Some words could hurt my self-worth, but I was loved
Though not abused, I took abuse and I don't know
Just how to carry that shit with me as I go

But I wish something would deliver me
Or slow the pain of atrophy

I'll spend some time and money once a week
Working through shit you never meant to give me
Time's been wasted, or at least it's been misused
And nothing's guaranteed, so I've got nothing left to lose

But I can't help but turn an eye
To what's been taken from my life

And I will try not to be bitter, though at times I may succumb
I will try to rest my head and keep from being fully numb
You've told me all my life that just to try is an excuse
And I'm happy that's worked out for you, but
Sometimes trying is all that I can do

I've inherited your trauma with my own
You won't be proud of me for how I've grown
I am fixated on a future when I'm fixed
Ignorant of the implications that exist

That I'm broken
That I won't be
That I am nothing currently

And I will try not to be bitter, though at times I may succumb
I will try to rest my head and keep from being fully numb
You've told me all my life that just to try is an excuse
And I'm happy that's worked out for you, but
Sometimes trying is all that I can do

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from If Me Dies, Me Dies, released February 26, 2021

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Longfriend Timefriend Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Caleb: guitar
Em: guitar
Pete:drums
Louie: bass

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