I Get By
By Mara Levi

How will you remember me
Will you even remember me
Am I only a memory
Am I a sinking stone, oh

I take these memories, all jumbled words
and mysteries and
I just try to get by, yeah, I just try to get by

You say it’s wisdom, I say
It’s healing bruises, it’s just
Caution and apathy and
Dramatic flair, oh

I take these bruises with me hoping
time is all they need and
I just try to get by, yeah, I just try to get by

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And I get by, yeah, I get by
With a mournful sigh , I get by
Oh, I get by

You ask what moves me, I say
The eyes, they move me but it’s
Otherwise emptiness
And dramatic flair, oh

I take this emptiness, I add a
rhyme and chorus and I
Just try to get by, yeah, I just try to get by

You ask what moves me, I say
It’s always the eyes
You want to know what scares me
It’s the fear of being left behind
You want to know what makes me laugh
It’s being taken by surprise
You want to know what makes me cry?
Everything. Everything makes me cry.

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