Trivial Things

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I live and die by your bad moods,
Your pet peeves and your favorite foods.
Holding on to every word you say,
It never occurred to me to walk away.
Ignoring small mistakes,
Phone calls you couldn't take,
I always treated you like a king,
And I was cheated like a trivial thing.

In a hundred years, will it matter
If you go home with her tonight?
I'll still drive myself crazy
Telling myself that it might.
I wonder, do these things happen for a reason?
Am I a pawn in your running game?
Played like a toy by a boy,
I drive myself insane over trivial things.

If my intuition's right
You won't be home tonight.
But I keep waiting for you,
Keeping dinner warm until the key turns in the door.
Ignoring big mistakes,
Chat logs and videotapes,
Through the prism of a diamond ring,
Our little schism is a trivial thing.

Push me around, push me over;
Shove me down with all your might.
I give you this privilege
And you take it as a right.
You wonder, are you still guilty of treason
If no one's there to hear you fall?
Am I a triviality that doesn't matter at all? No...

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from Trivial Things, released February 29, 2012
Drums: Tim Coghlan
Guitar: William Welense
Keyboard and Vocal: Maya Kuper

Lyrics by Maya Kuper
Music by SAFEWORD

Engineered by Michael Govaere at Downbeat Studio

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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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