Edie Carey

If I Were You

I'm not so good at this kind of thing

Too bad this has to be perfect

I'm a decent player

I know how to sing

But damn, damn this is tough

And hollow is all

That comes out of me

It all sounds so sickeningly familiar

I can't believe I just said that aloud

I can't believe you can stand to stand there

If I were you

I'd leave me

Anyone halfway normal

Would be scrambling

To make their case

I just get so damn scattered

I can't remember what you even asked me

In the next ten seconds

I've got to learn to think on my feet

You'll be that much

Closer to the door

You'll be sprinting down what used to be our street

If I were you

I'd leave me

I tend to surrender before defeat

It's so much neater that way

With me never right

And you never wrong

There's no pretty way to balance the blame

I tend to focus on the darker side

I forget there ever was light

I tend to forget how I love this

And the fucked up reasons why

If I were you

I'd believe me