Erin Harkes

Lyrics

Blue

You wouldn’t ask me to run
If I were walking with a limp
Or speak on your behalf if
I were talking like a simp
But you ask me how I’m feeling
When I’m oh so clearly numb
And that’s dumb

I’m not looking for attention
In fact I wanna be left alone
They make band aids for cuts
Splint for a broken bone
They make nothing you can wear
To show you’re healing from within
And that’s a sin

Maybe I don’t want to let you know
Maybe this time I hoped you’d figure out on your own
If I held my breath and waited for you to get a clue
I’d turn blue

I could go to carnivals and only focus on the tent
I would miss the acts completely
couldn’t tell you how it went
But I’d lie to you and say I had the best time
Just to seem fine

Sometimes I don’t know who I am
But I know who I am not
When I’m feeling I’m not enough
I feel like I’m a lot
And I’m oscillating back and forth
between trying to be true and not bother you

Maybe I don’t want to let you know
Maybe this time I hoped you’d figure out on your own
If I held my breath and waited for you to get a clue
I’d turn blue

I would make a damn good criminal
And I’d rob you blind
Endear myself to you
From inside I’d blow your mind
I’d pick up all the pieces
Make way with all the glue
Just to fuck with you

Dishonesty’s rewarding
And I’m slowly going broke
Some lives are these are tragedies
And mine’s just a joke
But you give away the punchline and you spoil it every time and I don’t mind

Maybe I don’t want to let you know
Maybe this time I hoped you’d figure out on your own
If I held my breath and waited for you to get a clue
I’d turn blue

If I held my breath and waited for you to get a clue
Well I’d just tell you