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these chords (​.​.​.​)

from POINTS . by Harvey James

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things arent black and white. i cant blame it all on you. but i sure as hell cant blame it all on me.

lyrics

this is for that $45 i spent on that second ukulele that wasnt for me
this is for the time i spent excusing it, after all it was meant to be
this is for all of the wounds i thought you could heal if i could only be better
this is for everyone else who’s still braving your bad weather

its so easy to say it will all be ok
but living it’s harder
its so hard to be so weak after all
still trying to claim im a martyr
and i could blame it on what came before
lay all these chords down at your door
tell you that maybe its all your fault
but what good would it do to lie to a liar like you

this is for all the days that i spent by the door when i knew you werent coming
this is for when i told complete strangers that i knew you didnt love me
this is for when i almost died and how funny it was you never would have known
this is for that child who felt so alone

its so easy to say it will all be ok
but living it’s harder
its so hard to be so weak after all
still trying to claim im a martyr
and i could blame it on what came before
lay all these chords down at your door
tell you that maybe its all your fault
but what good would it do hide from a coward like you

this is for the parallels im drawing between the past and the person that ive become
this is for when i thought i wasnt capable of being so insensitive like i am
this is for all the times i have to wake up from the delusion
that all of these people are separate and i have nothing to do with them

its so easy to say it will all be ok
but living it’s harder
its so hard to be so weak after all
still trying to claim im a martyr
and i could blame it on what came before
play these chords til i am sore
tell myself its really my fault
but what good does it do, to torture myself like i do

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from POINTS ., released December 11, 2015

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Harvey James Michigan

22 | they/them
musician, artist, poet, diviner.

a lot of this is old, and ive been gone a long time. but it still means a lot to me, and im so grateful it means something to you.

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