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Coffee and Other Bitter Things

from I Can't Afford Therapy So I Write Pop Songs Instead by JohnJRenns

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feat. What About Flowers

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One strand of caffeine steeping deep inside your mind
Yeah, and it's brewed fine
Perfectly conjured
Melting pot of black contour
Now you’ll survive until tomorrow

She won’t miss you
There is nothing you can do but make it yourself
Without her here to help
Guess you’ll forget about her in the end
It’s easier to run than to make amends
Isn’t it?

Please quiet down
She said that's enough
Don't you know your time is up?
You were given all the time that you need
Just get a grip
Can’t spend your whole life chasing after filly dreams
But you don’t know how to let it go
So I’ll see you again tomorrow

That bittersweet taste’s nothing like what she would make
It’s just a fake
Mixed with black and white
Like the colours of the night
Reflecting light, they’re like her eyes

Counting every day by hand
Time’s slipping by like a grain of sand
You’ve pursued this dream for years
And you ended up here with nothing to show
So she walked out the door
Said it was enough
Couldn’t bear to look at your slow demise
That was the last cup of coffee she made for you

Give me a break
You act like a child
Your one chance might take awhile
You're destroying all you have for this dream
But at what cost?
Take another sip
Bitter like a deadly kiss
You've come too far to give up now; yeah, I know
That’s why you'll try again tomorrow

Crush these words into pieces
Set it all ablaze
Set it all ablaze
It doesn’t matter if it’s your best shot
It’s a life
So you’ll give it all you’ve got

I know it's hard
That it feels like you've done everything that you can
Then why is it everyone leaves you behind
It's like a joke
You're playing a role
A play you cannot escape
Trapped in a tragedy that you create

Please quiet down
I said that's enough
Don't you know your time is up?
You were given everything that you need
Just get a grip
Can’t spend your whole life chasing after filly dreams
But you don’t know how to let it go
So I’ll see you again tomorrow

I know you’ll try again tomorrow

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JohnJRenns South Korea

The former musical alias of Cecily Renns. cecilyrenns.bandcamp.com

“Frankly, pop culture is a bit better at rocking people emotionally than the better chunk of the so-called fine arts.” - Kadono Kouhei, authour of ‘Boogiepop’

“...소위 팝컬쳐라 불리는 게 있다. 예술이라 하기엔 좀 그렇긴 한데 하여튼 사람의 마음을 뒤흔드는 점에 간해서는 어정쩡한 파인 아트보다 힘이 세기도 하는 놈이다.” - 카도노 코우헤이, '부기팝' 작가
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