Poison

from Songs I Wrote Instead of Killing Myself by Jetty Bones

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Just another bad day in a bad year.
Just another thing to add to the list.
All the things that we carry around on our shoulders
In the water, in a backpack full of bricks.
They say it’s hard to feel the weight if you keep swimming.
(Just keep swimming.)
Do anything to keep your head up in the clear.
But no one really listens to you when you tell them
You’re having trouble finding any air.

Everybody is learning and growing and human.
We had the best intentions but cancel culture is poison.
Everybody is learning and growing and human.
We had the best intentions but cancel culture is poisoned.

Maybe I just need some time to think it over,
To restart and get a good night’s sleep.
Anything to keep my brain from going back to
Where I left it in 2015.
I want to find reform in devastation,
Or at least a reason to stay sane.
Can we have a tiny safe space here?
For growing, ‘cause I’m still growing.

‘Cause I’m only human with aches in my bones too.
I’d make more mistakes, but I’m not allowed to.
It seems like a good time to start heading out soon.
2020’s the year I swallowed the spoon.

Everybody is learning and growing and human.
We had the best intentions but cancel culture is poison.
Everybody is learning and growing and human.
We had the best intentions but cancel culture is poison.

What if the bricks we had were meant for building?
And it’s our job to make the other side?
When the weight suffocates and drowns you,
Please hold on for the right.
Please hold on.
Hold on.
Hold on for your life.
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from Songs I Wrote Instead of Killing Myself, released March 3, 2023

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