trying to write something different for me...and from a fictional character's viewpoint.
So to keep it in the assignment, but take on a fictional viewpoint, I asked
What would someone who had not followed a straight path for 48 years think about a New Year's resolution...
lyrics
could have told myself a thousand lies
'bout the things that I will change
the way that I could hold you up
and make it new again
could have said a couple words
just to make it all work out
but instead I face these barren walls
and a future filled with doubt
no new year's gonna change the way
the way that I have lived
a new face is a mask
and yeah, we know they wear thin
no new year's gonna make up for
the things that fill my past
but at least a new year's further from the pain
and closer to my last...
so many things so many times
I could have chose a different path
the road that was less traveled or
or the line drawn on your map
I could have reached up to the sky
and maybe fallen on bended knee
but instead I chose the easy way
there's only one way left for me
no new year's gonna change the way
the way that I have lived
a new face is a mask
and yeah, we know they wear thin
no new year's gonna make up for
all the things that fill my past
but at least a new year's further from the pain
and closer to my last... closer to my last
credits
from Round 13, Week 1,
released January 2, 2017
just me and a couple guitars
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