Need To Know

from Any Prior Self by State Forest

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There’s an obvious truth to be gleaned:
The project has always been me
Sought refuge under a bus stop shelter
At the corner of Harvard and School St.
I wish that I could age just like
how any prior self would decide
Applied some heroic narrative
I’ve stolen from someone else’s life
I mean come on, do you believe I tried?

You said “Frankly, I don’t understand
how you could have a vested interest in
coming off as best you can as boring and uninterested”
The words came out of your mouth,
Hung there, then were lost to a crowd of idling cars
In a gridlocked intersection with its lights out
Telephone pole is down

Let it go, my god!
You were doing what you wanted, so what?
They never needed to know.
Good lord, my shield has sunken down as
I huddled around here
They never needed to know.

I was never better at turning my life around
floating my hands in the air, you asked,
“what happened now?”

I’ve gathered my thoughts:
I think I had what I wanted then backed up
I never needed to know
Good lord, my shield has sunken down as
I huddled around here
I never needed to know,
I never needed to know

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from Any Prior Self, released August 4, 2020

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