prettier

from unrequited shortcomings by pictureskew

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maybe it's true that you're prettier
but we both came in the same room
we clung to the sides, averting our eyes
and held tight
til we could go home

maybe it's true that you're different
but we're both here in the same room
both brought all our so that we'd have
the courage to stay
and someone to blame

I write to be read
but it never occurred you'd write back
so you've got sweet nothings?
that's sweet, I've got nothing
I'm blank

the opening line
is always the hardest
I'll write that one last
now I'm still where I started
we'll never meet
but just know I wrote this one for you
we'll never speak
but right now it's the best I can do

maybe it's true that you're prettier
but maybe you still doubt yourself
the same way I doubt me
is that hard to believe?

and maybe it's true that you're different
but this voice is much louder
it's coming from inside the house
I can't shut it out

and I write to be read
but it never occurred you'd write back

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from unrequited shortcomings, released January 6, 2023

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pictureskew Edinburgh, UK

skipping beats at the tide, just to see if they float.

anxious, gay, acoustic, punk.

with violins.

emma (she/her)
& ione (they/them)

from scotland. ... more

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