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The Way That It Is

from Shame and Sedition by Lula Wiles

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lyrics

Sometimes I’d go walking over by your old house
Where we’d open the window when the rain came down
Tiny white room at the top of the stairs
Sleeping tangled in a bed too small
We didn’t mind it at all

I could lie there all night with you looking at me
Breathing quiet in the light coming in off the street
Tracing patterns of the blinds falling on your skin
Secretly I knew you wouldn’t change your mind
I didn’t wanna be right

But if you didn’t feel it well then what was all that
The summer and your secrets and that photograph
Everything you wanted catching in your throat
Every word a silhouette of the burden of blame
And why am I still ashamed

Maybe you were looking for a stronger one
Still I’d never felt a softer, sweeter touch
You can’t keep the sea from tugging on the shore
And you were just water running through my hands
I know that you understand

Haven’t you heard I’m in a brand new town
Down here in the fall the leaves just turn brown
I’m looking in the mirror, but I’m lying to my friends
I’m alone in the theater when the movie ends

In this empty house I’ve been waking up slow
I don’t wanna do anything but be alone
Spend the day watching shadows move across the floor
I don’t turn on the lights when the sun goes down
Just let the darkness surround me

I’ll be turning 27 at the end of next week
Same day as the worst day you’d ever seen
I used to think the universe was giving us a sign
I don’t know why I ever believed in that shit
It’s just the way that it is
It’s just the way that it is
It’s just the way that it is

credits

from Shame and Sedition, released May 21, 2021
Eleanor Buckland, lead vocals, acoustic guitar; Isa Burke, electric guitar; Mali Obomsawin, electric bass; Sean Trischka, drums

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