180 Degrees
click to listenShe said "It's only an obsession, it's not real
But that's not what bothers me
I't's more the confusion that I feel
Over choosing another tired fantasy"
She said she thought she'd outgrown the need
To impress those who don't care
Thought she'd stopped trying to feed
The egos of those who take but never share
It could have been me, except for a 180* shift in perception
It could have been me, when I was lying on the floor
It could have been me, except for a 180* shift in perception
It could have been me, but I'm not her anymore
We were sitting around on a hazy afternoon
When she threw her bombshell onto me
She said she always kept enough to do it right
If she ever got too tired and she wanted to be free
And it took me back to a high school friend
Who took his life when things got too tough
Oh for years I resented my own strength
Then one day I thought, hey that's enough
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The air is clearer now than it's ever been before
I can see the flowers straining for the sun
As one of the luckiest people I know I can tell you so
Life can be a trip, not a race to be run and lost or won
If you'd have told me that I'd feel this way now
I'd have laughed at you and rolled my eyes
But that's one of the funniest things about searching for your dreams
You can never tell where it'll lead your life or who you'll touch inside
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JoEllyn Davidoff