Inventing Authentic

from Look What You Did! by My Eyes Shut

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it was a weak and conciliatory wind
that blew my control straight from my hands
I didn’t take much convincing to dismay
perhaps my convictions are weak and born to stray
I’m dressing up now to signal my good will
the outfit’s as convincing as a billboard on a sill

but I don’t care if it’s genuine
as long as I keep you in my hands

sometimes I dream myself a hero in cartoons
I’m the architect of a character that’s half-baked and untrue
my leanings tend toward a spoiled silver spoon
but god won’t be lenient if my teeth are rotted through
maybe I should pick up some lost cause to call my own
put the wrappings on a charity or just fly west back home
soon I think my undoing will commence
people got a way of spotting a knife behind my back

but I don’t care if it’s genuine
as long as I’ve got money to pay my rent
I won’t mind cheating through my life
forget finding purpose
I will live to die

maybe I could live in such a way
I’m not so afraid of how the tides might sway
I don’t have the clairvoyance to pursue
an omnipresent goal that only serves to waste my youth

so I don’t care if it’s all genuine
if in fact someday it all ends

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from Look What You Did!, released July 1, 2020

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Alex Duccini
Emrys Harper
Seth Townsend-Tyers

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