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It's Not About You

from Integration *Deluxe* by Thea Riley

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it's about going through the day, adjusting to how your life is now. & trying to be mature about moving on & not just blaming people. originally the lyrics were quite accusatory, but I realized it made me sound awful & so it ended up like this.

I wrote this in the week after I had been dumped, originally it was a love song, then after that it became the song it is now, only it took around 6 months for the lyrics & music to be refined.
I literally buried myself with work to forget about to incident & surprisingly as a result, I think it's the most creative song on the album.

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01 This Isn't About You

These early morning stares & cold contact have nothing to feel.
do leaving me feeling dry in my best attempts, you know i've tried hard to forget.
In my eyes, a mark on my mind, it will remind me again.
cutting them out we turn about face, not likely given the chance you'd take.

It's not about you, you know that.
I don't blame you, it won't ever happen again
Played me for a fool, so you'd get what you want.
left in a room, I thought I'd be.

Afternoon ventures still here in solitude.
better to feel this than what you make me feel .
My mind takes it through, I do what i'm told.
Come back to how i trusted wrong.

Two months since you left, just when I thought my life was about to start.
Planned on such unstable ground, I cannot trust myself to make it better now.

It's not about you, you know that.
I don't blame you, it won't ever happen again
Played me for a fool, so you'd get what you want.
left in a room, I thought I'd be alright.

I don't wanna feel the need for you.
The corners pulled you in to my mind.
You slip away & it's taking it's toll.
Every corners withdrawn, why's it hurt so much?
tell me, why's it hurt so much?

Now Look at where you were, just an empty space,
Get up to try again, start to feel my pulse.

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from Integration *Deluxe*, released May 5, 2015

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Trans artist, Thea Riley grew up unaware of the amazing world of people like her. it is through hardship & learning that the path to follow was found. Through music & honest writing, she hopes to bring awareness to her community.

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