No One Says You Have To

“I can't say I'm underrated

I can't say it, so -

I can't say I'm underrated

But I know, I know, I know.”

She says, “Watch your ego, baby.”

She says, “Take it slow.”

She says, “That's a bad look, honey.”

And I know, I know I know

It gets so lonely inside my mind

But I'm surrounded in love all the time

I get stuck in simple phrases

Complicate straight lines

If there's a knot that don't need tying

I try, I try, I try

And she's no font of Christ-like patience

And neither, sir, am I

But she's honest in her imperfections

And I try, I try, I try

It just gets scary inside my mind

I turn straw men to monsters

And line their mouths with knives

I say, “I can't race forever

Can't raise the rock so high.”

She says, “No one says you have to

Let go & take your time.”

But it gets distorted inside my mind

Isolation, disconnection

Another person's life

I say, “I can't race forever

Can't raise the rock so high.”

She said, “No one says you have to

Let go & take your time

Let go & take your time

Let go & take your time.”