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ride or die
03:13
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truth is right there in her eyes
the hardest part is explaining
if you felt it all the time
you’d break your bones trying to change it
when you’re clawing through the clutter
seeking strength at the bottom
listen to the place in you
that knows you’ve already got it
it keeps repeating
it keeps repeating
it’s all ride or die, she says
there is no other big picture
and when she’s standing in the fire
she’s just so glad you’re there with her
every little spark split off and
spread out into the ever
some think you’re just wasting days
too late to put it back together
but you know you’ve been here before
and this is how you remember
it keeps repeating
it keeps repeating
it keeps repeating
as long as you need it
© 2021 Adrienne Bocci-Barrett
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that house was home before our falling out
couldn’t stay
could’t live that way
who would’ve known that i would burn the whole thing down?
the wreck of us, ashes
ashes into dust
i’ve weathered storms, or so i thought before
felt it in the air, found no shelter there
made up my mind, lit it up, left it behind
no regrets, no i’ve got nothing
nothing yet
there’s so much i’m dying to ask you
but i don’t trust a word coming out of your mouth
and you keep saying you weren’t trying to hurt me
and it hurts anyway
and it hurts worse somehow
it would be wrong to say I was unhappy
i covered my eyes, saw whatever i felt
we both told some lies, mine i kept to myself
i’ll be alright once you’re out of my life
go be a better man
to somebody
somebody else
© 2021 Adrienne Bocci-Barrett
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the tides
03:17
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this pain echoes out all along the divide
we’re just anger in voices and lungs filled with pride
well you’ve got your doubts, and there’s depth to each one of them
i’ve got my doubts and they change with the tides
so what do we do when our brothers betray us?
can we forgive when we’re sure that we’re right?
i don’t want to hate you, i don’t think i have to
even in this darkness, i still believe in the light
there’s nature in violent behavior, i know
and what good can i do when i'm just me alone?
a seed seems so small in the scheme of the universe
that doesn’t stop it from starting to grow
so what do we do when we’re all made to suffer?
no way around it, you’re probably right
but i can start learning to love what i’m given
even in this darkness, i still believe in the light
you’re gonna tell me it means nothing anyway
and i’m gonna tell you you’re probably right
but i will decide how to live while I’m living
even in this darkness, i still believe
(i still believe)
in this darkness, i still believe
(i still believe)
in this darkness, i still believe in the light
© 2021 Adrienne Bocci-Barrett
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the ending waltz
03:38
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someday we’ll find our lives ending
for all that we know, that’s the only known truth
read science fiction
you’ll notice predictions
of bionic men and fountains of youth
but somehow i don’t see a future
where you i and never get old
our days here are numbered
then eternal slumber
or something like that and that’s all that we’re told
i know i hold my life tightly
it hurts just to say it out loud
there’s no way out of it ending
so i better let go and live now
somewhere in all that will happen
you and i someday will probably part
each day i choose you
don’t know how i’ll lose you
the thought of without you tears me clean apart
but somehow i still see the beauty
in all that is left unresolved
no doubt that it’s tragic
but there’s also magic
in the way everything someday dissolves
only our losses remind us
we’re lucky to lose love somehow
there’s no way out of it ending
so i better let go
so i better let go and live now
© 2021 Adrienne Bocci-Barrett
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ienne Lynn Portland, Oregon
Hi hi! Singer-songwriter. PDX, OR. Thank you for listening :)
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