Name: Hold my Heart
Duration: P00H02M05S
Description: my brother died, i wrote this song. I thought it was about me, maybe it's not. I don't know. what do you think?

Hold my Heart

from Too Sick For School by Old Joy

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my brother died, i wrote this song. I thought it was about me, maybe it's not. I don't know. what do you think?

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There's a part of me that I know i shouldn't be
scary grin, sick & thin with a gigantic mistake on his arm
some stitch from an unacknowledged itch
clawed your way from a drain that you used to call a lake
alright or uptight why are you looking down? I'm up here i'll be around
oh i'm too tired to fight it now i need a friend... til we meet again

if you push too hard you might break the debit card
'got no choice,' said my voice as I broke into the home
I can see myself in a thousand diffferent hells
i'm not scared, i've been there & I know I'm not alone
heat haze a meat maze we wade thru gettin old letting go of you
sometimes there is nothing else you can do
is it over so soon?

when we start hold my heart til i need it but don't read it
it's not yours, its not for you
but you can hold it til i want it back
if i ever do
but its not for you

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from Too Sick For School, released April 20, 2023

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Scum Pop/Power Trash from Chicago IL
Now located in Austin TX
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