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Taking Back My Love
03:13
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I just woke up from the past ten years
I finally see myself
The fog is lifted, I’m Claritin clear
Everyone can tell
On the rare occasion I look in the rearview
You’ve gotten so much smaller
I can barely see you anymore
So don’t you dare call me right up
You couldn’t say sorry enough
I gave away all of your stuff
I’m taking back my love
Old habits are history
Cause I took time to mourn
Misfortune’s no mystery
Now I see where trouble is born
Sometimes I conjure up the good memories
String them all together and I start to believe
Our relationship was easy... but then I remember
So don’t you dare call me right up
You couldn’t say sorry enough
I gave away all of your stuff
I’m taking back my love
I know I can’t erase it
I guess I have to face it
You weren’t there for me
I know you tried
You weren’t there for me
Neither was I
Call me right up
You couldn’t say sorry enough
I gave away all of your stuff
I’m taking back my love
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Red Nikes
03:14
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I don’t have a problem
Wearing someone else’s shoes
I’ve walked so many miles in ‘em
Trying to see their point of view
So I know you must be sorry
By the way you drag your feet
Yeah, you never meant to hurt me
You just wanted to be free
But I can’t wear your red nikes anymore
Don’t know where in the world you’ve been
I can’t wear your red nikes anymore
So I just have to forgive what you did
I wish you’d try and find me
I don’t think you will
You made me feel so tiny
Thinking I had your giant shoes to fill
Cause when I stepped into them
I forgot who I am
You never borrowed my shoes
So you wouldn’t understand…
How I can’t wear your red nikes anymore
Don’t know where in the world you’ve been
I can’t wear your red nikes anymore
So I just have to forgive what you did
I forgive
I’m happy to be barefoot in the rain
Healing
Healing
So happy to be
Barefoot in the rain
Healing
Healing
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3. |
How to Face Yourself
02:27
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Step one, you gotta acknowledge the problem
It’s harder the longer you wait
I try to be smarter, I live in my armor
I oughta step up to the plate
Step two, it worsens, if you don’t find a person
To share all your hurting and doubt
Everyone is grieving, and we all believe in
Helping the other guy out
Ooh, how to
Ooh, how to
How to face yourself
If you don’t do it
How can anyone else?
Step three, be honest, keep one little promise
The smallest thing you can do
Is take time for yourself, reach out when you need help
And trust it’ll work out for you
Step four, are you sure, you can’t hold yourself more?
Your heart grows as big as you let it
Any kind of movement is a sign of improvement
It’s not the end, don’t you forget it
Ooh, how to
Ooh, how to
How to face yourself
If you don’t do it
How can anyone else?
If you don’t do it
How can anyone else?
How can anyone else?
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4. |
My Careful Reinvention
03:31
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Maybe I got wiser
Maybe I’m just older
But something’s gotta change
In our dysfunctional culture
I’ll meet you where you’re at
And listen to your problems
But I’m not a welcome mat
That you can wipe your dirty paws on
I simply do not have space for it
Go find another place for it
Cause my careful reinvention is in jeopardy
Every time you’re close to me
I wish it weren’t so
But I’m in love with how I set a boundary
You don’t have to be proud of me
Just needed you to know
You’re all up in arms now
Cause I won’t do you a favor
You know you’re gonna be just fine
When I decline
Providing free emotional labor
So I’m gonna keep my fence up
Maybe someday I’ll take it down
I swear I’m not above you
But I am above losing myself
Yeah, my careful reinvention is in jeopardy
Every time you’re close to me
I wish it weren’t so
But I’m in love with how I set a boundary
You don’t have to be proud of me
Just needed you to know
If I stay
There’s no way
For me to grow
Grow
Grow
Grow
Grow
Grow
My careful reinvention
My careful reinvention, yeah
My careful reinvention is in jeopardy
Every time you’re close to me
I wish it weren’t so
But I’m in love with how I set a boundary
You don’t have to be proud of me
Just needed you to know
If I stay
There’s no way
For me to grow
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5. |
Life is Good
02:29
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You left me
I left you
I can’t remember
Worked so hard
To move on
Hard work doesn’t show
We don’t learn when life is good
Here I am
Me, again
I have to face it
All alone
Love is far
It’s okay to cry
We don’t learn when life is good
I would never wish this pain on any person
But I would never wish it away, wish it away
I try to decide if it’s a blessing or a curse, and
Question both of them, always
Isn’t it the funniest and the saddest thing
The crazy contradictions being human bring
It seems perverse to find redemption in distress
When things are at their worst
That’s when we’re at our best
So I will stay
With myself
No one can take me
I’m alone
Love is close
It’s okay to cry
We don’t grow when life is good
We don’t grow when life is good, no
We don’t grow when life is good
We don’t grow when life is good
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