bad advice from crazy arms by pigeon pit

you said “just listen to your heart”
and so i listened to my heart sing
it sang “all the people that you know,
they know that you’re not one of them
all the people that you love just love a person you pretend,
and so you run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run
run away from them.”

you said “just find what you love and do it,
you’ll never work a day in your life”
so i did what i loved and i got fired
i love nothing but to be desired
each anxious day bleeds into another,
i am ran through, i am tired

you said “just fake it till you make it”
so i faked it and i made some friends just like i wanted
but a human-being faked’s a cage a spirit lays and rots in
through my one-way mirror i sat and watched you play with your reflection
gorilla biscuits in my headphones, face down in bed, i-
i need a new direction

you said “kill the cop in your head”
so inside myself i sought the ways that i fell short,
no room for second chances, despite the circumstances,
that desperation for connection
and i found a child to try to kill by any means necessary
remember, i see your struggle, friend
i see that bullshit that you carry

but just to see you in a new place,
the shining sun on your quiet face
late night, real talk, red wine in a coffee cup
it’s the miracle of this shitty winter to walk across the lake
but it warms my heart just to know that you’re gonna tell me
when you feel like giving up

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