Melissa Axel: Songs/MP3s

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About this song...
Happy New Year! ;-)


Credits:
Words and music by Melissa Axel
Vocals, piano by Melissa Axel
Recorded and mixed with Mike Destito with John McVey at Coupe Studios in Boulder, Colorado


Lyrics: Melissa Axel (ASCAP)


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I don’t know how to be this way
I don’t know how to be easy
I don’t know how to be


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I don’t know how to see this way
I don’t know how to see queasy
I don’t know how you’re doing it, but you see me
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take my hand and you try to look into me
go for the jugular, you think you can
see through me
and “how do you do” me
you’re so transparent


who says this isn’t okay, who says that we matter
if the lines overlap, who cares if we splatter?
who says it isn’t alright if I spend the night, why get uptight
but I won’t let you inside … me


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see what you want to see
you see what you hope I’d be
but if you look through, you might as well just look past
‘cause you won’t see me
I’m not that transparent


shimmering, shivering, glistening, quivering
lighting, igniting, deriving, deciding
entreating, defeating, repeating, retreating
saying “no” just buys me time


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