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Allons-y
02:49
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I can't tell where this might be going
But I'm sure it's far out of my comfort zone
It's just as well, cause there's no way of knowing
And moving forward beats just sinking like a stone
So I brace myself
To face what I don’t know yet
Wishing I could hedge my bet
I have kept myself back for too long
Afraid of changing what I know my life to be
And I have slept on fixing things I've done wrong
Just hoping to avoid responsibility
But I can't just keep living like that till whenever
So it comes down to now or never
It may seem strange
But I've got to change
Extend my range
Til I refind myself
So now I'm slowly stepping forward
Here goes nothing that I think I'm ready for
Now's the time can't stop moving toward
A life that's unlike anything I've known before
Whether or not I'm ready for what happens now
I know I'll get through it somehow
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Let Me Out
04:26
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Locked down inside myself to
Make sure that I did not do
Anything that I might ever regret
A lifetime spent in hiding
Constantly deriding
Myself so would never forget
Where I was taught that I belong
And what I would never be
But now I know that they were wrong
And so I've got to figure out how to set myself free
Just how I wound up here
Still isn't exactly clear
But I know it started long ago
Turns out I held on too tight
To a picture that wasn't right
There was just no way for me to know
That it was never about me
It wasn't my fault at all
And now it's become clear to see
That there was never any reason for me to take the fall
It's time I took another look
At what I can't get past
And took myself down off the hook
Let myself breathe at last
Now I see the only way out
Is to lose all of this self-doubt
And finally learn how to trust
That I’ll know what to do
And find a way to get through
Before I’m worn right down into dust
Once I escape this prison cell
And make my way back to me
I hope that I learned not to dwell
On the same old absurd and toxic irrationality
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The Dream
03:07
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If there is a way to wish my past away
Then tell me and I’ll say the words
Cause it took too many tries for me to realize
I was fumbling while my eyes were blurred
I clung tight to that dream as it floated downstream
Not seeing how it seemed absurd
Ignoring all the slings and arrows it would bring
Believing everything I heard
Then it stalled out and all I could do is try to
Find a way to push on
But I hit the wall and sprawled out face down in self-doubt
Knowing that my chance was gone
I tried to deny that time was passing by
As my dream said goodbye to me
I could not accept that reality had crept
Into my desperate fantasy
Until I finally took a truly honest look
At what I mistook my life to be
And saw I was unprepared and completely unaware
Of where this path had taken me
My eyes were cleared when what I feared most appeared before me
And challenged me to rise above
Showing me that there’s just no way to know what’s coming
So there’s nothing for me to be afraid of
For too many years I let fear tell me what I could and couldn't do
But I see that it's only me I should be listening to
Now I understand that when things get out of hand
This too shall pass and I'll be fine
However it may seem I'll fight my way upstream
I don't need that old dream of mine
When everything's a nope I'll know that I can cope
Without hoping that the stars align
And if I don't want to be the same old worn out me
I'll know that I can redefine
No more daydreams of schemes that I think might save me
It's time to meet my life head on
Embrace the chaos and face whatever way happen
Before anymore of my time is gone
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John H Maloney singer. songwriter, ukulele player and poet based in New Jersey, USA
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