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Actors and vanity films

(Eetu Ekholm)

Moving on is scary. Often it means diving head first into the unknown. Often you must let go of things, people and patterns to make room for new ones. What are we willing to sacrifice for a better life?

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Do mistakes
make people feel disdain
Hey
what does it matter

The fact is if you
throw yourself 
into something with passion
then someone's gonna see that

And reckon that 
this kid 
has got something
that others don't

It doesn't matter
if it's guts or skill
I wanna level with this fuck
and tell him that I'm all in

I wanna take a picture
hang it on the wall and feel like a king
throw away my liver
and win

Give a kiss, smoke a cigarette
so I don't fit in
Maybe they'll look at me different
like I'll have something more to give

The cigarette is metaphor
look away and see yourself fill you cup
Start living, stop sucking dicks 
and start hitting it bitch

Chorus
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Running away from my friends and my family
To conserve my sanity
Feel like an actor in their 
 Vanity film

The guy who get's everything done
by sitting still
A missing piece with an iron will
and the balls 

To make em a couple mill

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I'll write a story
depicting all the clichés and tropes
So I can tell when I want em
Which ones do give me hope

And so far I found out
that most of us feel alone
Until they regain all the memories
from the people they've known

Feel like a girl 
writing poems to cope
Sitting on a park bench
taking a toke from my joint

Is it wrong to say 
I wanna elope
Looking for an open door that I can step trough
on my way back to home

Chorus
-------------------
Running away from my friends and my family
To conserve my sanity
Feel like an actor in their 
 Vanity film

The guy who get's everything done
by sitting still
A missing piece with an iron will
and the balls 

To make em a couple mill

© Eetu Ekholm 2023

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