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To Be Honest

from The Magician by SAFEWORD ✶

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lyrics

Two wheels spin through January air.
They keep turning, but I can turn nowhere;
It's been so long since I recognized myself.
Wait for the train; I contemplate the tracks.
What will it take to bring the old me back?
But the old me -- she never asked for help.

I never asked you to be honest.
I never asked you to tell the truth.
I never asked you to make a promise;
I left it up to you.
I never told you "one or the other."
I never forced you to make a choice.
I never gave you an ultimatum;
You gave it to yourself.
To yourself, to yourself, to yourself;
You gave it to yourself.

It's been a while now since I've seen your face;
You know you're not so easily replaced.
I wonder what direction this might take.
Is there a fire here, or is it merely smoke;
A walking contradiction, a running joke?
I wonder if I am making the same mistakes.

I never asked you to be honest.
I never asked you to tell the truth.
I never asked you to keep a promise;
I left it up to you.
I never told you "one or the other."
I never forced you to make a choice.
I never gave you an ultimatum;
I just gave you myself.
Gave myself, gave myself, gave myself;
I just gave you myself.

To be honest...

credits

from The Magician, released September 5, 2012
SAFEWORD is:
Tim Coghlan, drums.
Will Welense, guitar.
Maya Kuper, keyboards and vocal.

Lyrics by Maya Kuper.
Music by SAFEWORD.

Background Vocals on "To Be Honest":
Justin Velander Holt, Shana Gray.

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SAFEWORD ✶ Chicago, Illinois

In their 2012 collaboration, drummer Tim Coghlan and guitarist Bill Welense sharpen the edges of singer Maya Kuper's keyboard-based alt-rock songs, forging a high-energy power trio with influences from punk to prog.

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