I exist when I am validated
I am this as I was procreated
I like life, although sometimes I hate it
I wish that I could eliminate it
I am worthy of what I am weighted
I am who I am still to be stated
I am choking, I need to be resuscitated
I expect more than I’m always getting
Caught up at the start of every ending
Bouncing back each message I am sending
Disrespecting those I am commending
Just take me away from here already
I am lost I need a new beginning
I am broken and I’ve got no chance of mending
Teach me to love myself
I haven’t learned that well
I am bleeding and breeding excuses
I hope that you never tell
Force me to hate who I was
I need this change just because
I am finding that fighting is harder
When you’re against everyone
And you’re the enemy of commonality
Good luck on winning this one
I will rise and I will fall to pieces
I am strong and that’s my only weakness
My ferocity comes as it pleases
I don’t want, I desperately need this
It’s the day and I am gonna seize it
It’s my calling, it’s my destiny and
I have found that it’s hard to take most things easy
Teach me to love myself
I haven’t learned that well
I am bleeding and breeding excuses
I hope that you never tell
Force me to hate who I was
I need this change just because
I am finding that fighting is harder
When you’re against everyone
And you’re the enemy of commonality
Good luck on winning this one
Have I painted myself as a villainous man?
Well I swear to the heavens it wasn’t my plan
Oftentimes I am reckless with my words and my hands
And I drop all that’s in them, they shatter like glass
Am I preaching forgiveness or do I just sound crass?
I’m beseeching my peers to give me one more chance
I am sick of being treated like I am the last
And I just want this whole thing to implode and pass
Teach me to love myself
I haven’t learned that well
I am bleeding and breeding excuses
I hope that you never tell
Force me to hate who I was
I need this change just because
I am finding that fighting is harder
When you’re against everyone
And you’re the enemy of commonality
Good luck on winning this one
The new EP from Scottish songwriter Alec Bowman_Clarke goes deep, setting vulnerable lyrics to gentle melodies & stripped-back arrangements. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 30, 2021
Alec Bowman perfectly captures the dark soil under the pastoral world of British folk with this collection of melancholy originals. Bandcamp New & Notable May 12, 2020