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Left To Give

from "Prematurity" by Brian Smith

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Soon after we first met, you joked I'd write you a song
and I said I probably would if you stuck around that long
though the words would come easier if everything had gone wrong
oh but that's not the case oh that's not the case at all

and I wanted to sing how I felt but I didn't know how
as if my heart was disconnected from my brain and my mouth
maybe feeling afraid I couldn't think of the words that I should
I first wrote "if I could write you into a song, I would"

and now you're away with your parents and I'm realizing the truth
you said that all of my friends here are just you
and I haven't left my place since the day that you left
though these tendencies I had long before we ever met

and even now that you like me, I'm still trying to impress
I guess I get my validation from those I like most and respect
but you said it's not a matter of how you feel
for though opinions are important, it's what I think that's real
and this caused an epiphany from advice I'd never taken
for I'm 25 years old yet still seeking direction
on how to feel about myself, but it should be my own game to play
yet I'm still waiting by the telephone just to hear what you have to say

and I thought I'd wasted all my good ideas on previous relationships
but I still have so much oh I still have so much oh I still have so much
left to give

and it goes without saying that I think you're adorable
so it's probably not necessary to mention how much I think you're cute
and if you weren't in my live I'd probably be so much more productive
but I couldn't care to do anything when I'm with you
and now I've changed the rhyme scheme but I'm not changing the subject
for I need ABAB for the holy literary repetition
because AB's what you call me; your American boy
and it's totally stupid but this and everything else you do, everything you do, everything you do, just reaffirms my aforementioned notion

and I thought I'd wasted all my good ideas on previous relationships
but I still have so much oh I still have so much oh I still have so much
left to give

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from "Prematurity", released March 28, 2015

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Brian Smith is a geofolk musician on an endless tour around the world.

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