18 – Daisy

Props to Adam Bow for helping with recording, mixing, and making it sound as good as it does. Lyrics, vocals and guitar by me, studio magic by Adam (https://twitter.com/adambowmusic).

Lyrics:

I think they broke the mold
with whomever they made just before you
But tried to put the pieces back together anyway
Lead will not be gold
That is the truth, so I implore you:
Be proud you’re not as dense as them
Even though you’re grey
you came from the same clay

   Round peg in a square hole
   You fit, but never snugly
   A daisy in a bouquet of roses
   will always think it’s uglier than most
   But I didn’t ask for a rose

Kintsugi in the cracks
It shouldn’t hold, but it did shape you
Though it’s a bluff, and not enough to figure out your soul
So breathe and just relax
The dreams of others will escape you
But even caught, they would do naught
to fill that inner hole
Abandon what you stole

   [CHORUS]

One day it will shine through
When you have faced your fears
And if they don’t find you
I’m sure you’ll find your peers
Not a gilded, but a daisy-chain
When you’ve healed from all this senseless pain
There’ll be light in which to bask
Just remove your flimsy mask
And all you have to do
is let go of an impossible task

No one asked
…for a rose