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Talk the Talk

from Talkin to Breathe by Quinn Cicala

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she leaves for work again and i'm stuck skipping pages
a couple days from now i'll still be on the basics
write a few lines about suffering and death then put it down and head back to my grandparent's house
a busted transmission and a living situation
problems seem to bubble up and then i have to face them
and it's so cold that i wear three layers at all times
i don't wanna leave but i don't wanna stay inside

three nights away and i just wanna fill a page
i feel uninspired and depressed but i gotta take a pace
if i spent half my time sittin around thinkin bout music playin it
well i think i'd be really good
in a restaurant with you but your eyes won't meet mine
i tried to hold your hand but it was poorly timed
i feel angry and i don't know why
forming words is only easy when i've got a rhyme

and i can talk the talk but i can't walk the walk
i can talk the talk all night long

i work all the time for the sake of being stable
where the money is, i haven't figured out where it goes
and i save up for the next time i leave town and i come back and i'm back where i started
but don't start with me i just wanna be free
i wanna feel the vibrations of the bass in my teeth
i wanna wake up in another state and play in some kid's living room or a dirty basement

and i can talk the talk but i can't walk the walk
i can talk the the talk all night long but i can't walk the walk when the morning comes

and i fear you don't love me anymore
the way you look at me now is not the way it used to be and i feel like i'm disgusting and depraving
i'm in a new place but it still feels like i'm eighteen
stuck in my car in a bad dream
these people i think they wanna kill me
and if you don't turn off that goddamn tune
i'll never come back and always leave soon but i won't

'cos i can talk the talk but i can't walk the walk
i can talk the talk all night long but i can't walk the walk when the morning comes and the morning always comes

drive to the store and i just window shop
got a few bills to pay and i'm just broke a lot
can i spend a few weeks inside of me?
or will i have to talk to breathe?

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from Talkin to Breathe, released September 6, 2019

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