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Artist: Kevin Devine
Canonical path: /kevin-devine/no-one-says-you-have-to
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No One Says You Have To
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No One Says You Have To
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I can’t say I’m underrated
I can’t say it, so
I can’t say I’m underrated
But I know, I know, I know
She says: Watch your ego, baby
She says: Take it slow
She says: That’s a bad look, honey
And I know, I know I know
It gets so lonely inside my mind
But I’m surrounded in love all the time
I get stuck in simple phrases
Complicate straight lines
If there’s a knot that don’t need tying
I try, I try, I try
And she’s no font of Christ-like patience
And neither, sir, am I
But she’s honest in her imperfections
And I try, I try, I try
It just gets scary inside my mind
I turn straw men tô monsters
And line their mouths with knives
I say: I can’t race forever
Can’t raise the rock so high
She says: No one says you have to
Let go & take your time
But it gets distorted inside my mind
Isolation, disconnection
Another person’s life
I say: I can’t race forever
Can’t raise the rock so high
She said: No one says you have to
Let go & take your time
Let go & take your time
Let go & take your time
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