where ya been?

i know how to close a door (songwriting challenge week 5)

for alex, ten years after (ten long years) (songwriting challenge week 15)

Teenagers (Hayley Williams)

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Fuck And Run (Liz Phair)

Cowgirl's Lament

there’s a thin thin line
Between addressing it and just pretending that we’re (you’re) fine
I knew better than to let you waste my (precious) time
But still, it’s a thin, thin line


And it’s not a crime
To not know what you want but to be fair neither did I
And I didn’t hurt anyone except for that one time
Cuz hey, it’s a real thin line


Hell if I didn’t try
To make you want I wanted, to make you change your mind
It’s better to have loved and lost, I tell myself at night
But man, it’s a thin, thin line

It’s a thin thin line
Yeah It’s a real thin line
It’s a real fine line

Thin thin line

I knew better
I tried to blame it on the weather
I was hopin youd take back all that hurtful stuff
When the sun came out and the rain dried up

I knew better
But i was tryin to be clever
I didn’t wanna have to ask my mom for help
Well now it’s too late and I can only blame myself

When I was tryin to figure it all out
I should have listened to your heart and not your mouth
I should have listened to the way it felt when things went south
I should have listened to your heart and not your mouth

I knew better
I tried to write it in a letter
I shoulda known that you would never hear me out
But i just had to say these things out loud

Better

Hey Jake
What about that night
When we all hung out with alex
And i saw behind the curtain

[You got mad
That we kissed while you were gone]

Hey man
Give me a break
I was only 19
I didn’t know how fragile life was

I did things 
I was too young to comprehend

If i could do it all again
Of course i’d do it differently
But of course, of course
I can’t

and you know
that i’m a fraud
I was never really there
I was just a trick of the light

But i’ve grown
And i’ve learned to show my skin

When he died
I swore
That I would never burn a bridge again
Well look at where that got me

But i thought
That it’s how i’d make amends

If i could do it all again
Of course i’d do it differently
But of course, of course
I can’t

Of course i can’t
I swore i’d do it differently
But it’s who i am

katie

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