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Trouble with Men
04:11
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Fast asleep
Barely seventeen
On a former friend's
Little sister's floral sheets
Unaware
Of what was happening
Did he even care? No.
I came to.
Say it isn't true
Lost it all in one fell swoop
Trouble with men
we all know where it stems
We all try our best to move past the trouble we've been in
I could try to make you understand
I will live my life despite the trouble cause I can
As the woman that I am
Minus five
forty minute drive
I can't find the floor I just lay frozen there in time
So ashamed
Replay it in my mind
Am I the one to blame? No.
The trouble with men
we all know where it stems
We all try our best to move past the trouble we've been in
I could try to make you understand
I will live my life despite the trouble cause I can
As the woman that I am
The woman that I am
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2. |
Prochoice
03:50
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If I had no choice
I would make the necessary sacrifices I guess
I would try my best
If I had no choice
I would take the temporary leave of absence I guess
lay my dreams to rest
if I had no choice
but I do
and I
just want to be alone with you
I want to be alone with you
I want to be alone with you
I want to be alone with you
If I had my way I would be your only baby for eternity
and we would never change
If I had my way
we would always feel the same I would do anything
to avoid the pain
If I had my way
but for now I,
I want to be alone with you
I want to be alone with you
I want to be alone with you
I want to be alone
If I had no choice I would scream until my body was my own again
in my own defence and
if I lost my voice,
I would march up to the moon and back to earth again
until they understand
If I had no choice
And if I had a boy
I would swaddle him in blankets
I would drive to hockey practice
I would try not to be selfish I
would try not to be selfish,
but I could never love him
more than you
I want to be alone with you
I want to be alone with you
I want to be alone with you
I want to be alone
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3. |
5, 10, 15
04:04
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10 years since I fled oppression
disguised as a haven of love
5 years since I made the decision
that I would be more than enough
15 years unsure of my value
as hard as I tried to believe
10 years searching for the answer
5 years digging deeper for truth
10 years since I’ve seen my own blood
rush from wounds caused by my own hands
5 years since I’ve known deprivation
perfecting the balancing act
15 years at war with my body
transfixed by each tiny molecule
10 years of compiled anxious moments
5 years to unlearn all the rules
I made
with my starving brain
designed to take me away
from reality
Five ten fifteen time
tends to erase pathways drawn in our minds
Be patient now for there are no straight lines but you’ll make it out of the maze alive
you will
make it out
you will
make it out
if it takes five years…
it could take ten…
You will make it out
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4. |
Side x Side
03:46
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Your favourite band is playing
a big reunion show
and I would love to take you
but you would never go
You’ve been on my mind again
I’ve been feeling low
and I would love to tell you
but you will never know
and it’s hard the way they raised us
they never loved themselves
and it’s hard to bare the weight without
getting overwhelmed I know we get down
we lose our minds
it’s no one’s fault
it happens all the time
so what we get down
we just have to fight
we just need to talk
for once just try
I know we get down
I know what it’s like
we lived through it all
side by side
When we were young we made a promise
take care of me and I’ll take care of you
be careful don't upset the balance
And act as though I have nothing to lose
I know we get down
we lose our minds
it’s no one’s fault
it happens all the time
so what we get down
we just have to fight
we just need to talk
for once just try
I know we get down
I know what it’s like
we lived through it all
side by side
Side by side
Side by side
Side by side
Side by side
you and I
know what it’s like
you and I know what it’s like.
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Julie Arsenault Toronto, Ontario
Julie is a half-Filipino singer-songwriter and cat-lover based in Toronto, Ontario.
Julie is on the
Autism Spectrum and writes and performs music as a way to connect with other humans. The reoccurring theme in all of Julie's songs is the resilience of the human spirit.
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