When I Looked At You I Did A Terrible Thing

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I can make you small
I can ignore all the beauty that's within you
I can forget that there's a story that is all your own
look past all you've overcome and the life you've carved out
the dreams that you've been brave enough to keep
and I can make you small

So call me out
because there's something broken inside of me
that I can shield my eyes
that I can't see the unwavering band of light
and make you an object
make you something I could get my head and hands around

And I feel small
that I could've let myself do something
so destructive, so routinely
sick with fear I built a wall
I get so nervous around people
and one on one I turn to stone
what if you really got to know me?
I look away then at my feet

So call me out
because there's something broken inside of me
That I can shield my eyes
that I can't see the unwavering band of light
and make you an object
make you something I could get my head and hands around

So I will tattoo on the back of my eyelids
You are a mystery.

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from This, released May 7, 2017

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