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Perfect Torture by Kelley Karas

Resolute by Kelley Karas

Don't think cause you're a man

that you're better than I am

cause you're not

Don't sit and politic

dredge up all the stupid shit

Cause it's fun

to blame

anyone

who's not the same

gender in the workplace

you disgust me

what a shame..

its so dumb

machismo

it's so wrong

machismo\

like you dont know

machismo

get a grip

on your pprejudice

its so lame

machismo

a stupid game

machismo\

like you dont know

machismo

power trip

for an idiot

Don't think cause you're a man

that you're worth more than I am

cause you're not

bubble gum

candy tongued

give me that young yum pop

When the beat drops

don't stop

all night

an alibi

to pretend

I'm alright

and not alone

plugged into my headphones/zoning on my telephone

Whoa

WHoa

Is it magic

or is it me

Whoa

whoa

This music's all i need

taffeta and ice cream

spring palette

50's dream

I live inside

in the depths of my mind

Waiting for

the big dance

high school romance

Lets stay naive

and plan out the lives we'll lead

Whoa

WHoa

Is it magic

or is it me

Whoa

whoa

This music's all i need

Though

I'm filled with cliches

to express the way

I feel for you

I hope it gets through

That my love

is deeper than the ocean

Higher than the trees

at the top of mount everest

for scale ask the NEpalese..

Words are coming.

Probably have to rerecord

Treble tastic

Throw your life away

an endless tunnel

perpetual/eternal struggle

no self respect

Abuse your body

like it's a hobby

collect all your addictions

line them up

on a shelf

take a snapshot and frame it

tell me/like you don't hate yourself

lie and cheat the system

it's a given

what you do

endear yourself to other

so they never suspect the truth

Catalog their misconceptions

abut your personality

feed their ignorance

selfish and unapologetically

You're a waste

you're wasteland

lost in space and

No one hears your cries

out of place

in this time span

strung out

no doubt

you're in your way

when it comes to feeling alive

bad habits never die

can't taste the saccharine

if the dose isn't on point

you've lost the ability

to live out your life normally

overloads receptors

till they break

cause they can't bear

the weight of the prescriptions

you've written for self care

Ah.

there a few ways out

but it's your choice

you can turn it off

or give it voice

you can make believe

that it's not wrong

you can make believe what you want

It makes no difference

the time that you put in

you'll always fail

despite the hope

for something different

Whoa

You're caught up in the facade

you believe that life is fair

This is just a test from god

but it seems so cruel

to put it all on you

over and over and over again

you feel so shamed

cause it stays the same

over and over it never ends

You may percieve

in the way that you choose

everything 's a gain

when there's nothing left to lose

at the bottom of the hill

without your running shoes

it's a race against the clock

Time is never loose.

Sometimes you go back and try to write responses to songs you wrote a few years ago.

This one is the response to "I Can't Rely on You" from the perspective of the person that song is about.

I know it's silly that I used "I Can't" for both, but I figured it would link them. This one has more attitude- it's more sarcastic and acerbic.

i cant do anything right for you

every slip a trip

a new excuse

so why even have me

if my actions are maddening

and youdon't approve of what I do?

fall on my face

without your grace

constantly remind I'm a klutz

you're quick to find

a brand new way to knock me down

tell me why you hang around

if i'm a long term project

you don't even like

if its the same

you might as well just walk away

and find yourself

someone else to hate

but if it's not

this sick obsession

that you've got

is something else

i don't want

I can't do anything right for you

not even If you're the one who chooses

The next big thing

i'm moving on

put a target on my back - i'm gone

cause I'm the one whose gonna lose.