It's Not Your Fault
"You've gotta
remember that we're all shot from a cannon, and I believe we get to
decide where we land on some fundamental level." - Matthew Ryan
i was a scared kid
banked on disappearance
for what it was worth
it could make you whole
if you squeezed yourself
thin enough
those bars were like arms
holding you
to someone else's broken promise
land
run off
each year
light slipping away
never in your eyes
somebody did this to you
and I'm sorry you learned it so young
how to never be whole
we sit here listening to traffic
waiting for something to save us
but there's nothing
ever gonna save us
from ourselves.
Unfinished Self-Portrait -- Lucien Freud
Matthew Ryan is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. Since 1997 he has released 17 solo albums. "No Depression" magazine compared his lyrics to "words catching like vows destined to be broken – one of modern music's most potent whispers."
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