The Glooms - The Successor

There is no real tragedy here
There is no real tragedy here
The only real tragedy
Is the way time weaves
The only real tragedy
Is a friend who grows up and leaves
The only real tragedy is my mind
It's older than my time here
Just a kid to you, but I'm so much more
More intelligent, an overthinker who always observes
Please just, let me in
Don't let me be just your replacement
To take over in the absence
Of an older friend
Please just, let me in
You have me telling you everything
I should've been quieter, stronger
You see me as an equal but for how much longer
The only real tragedy
Is I made a personality
Out of being useful
Now instead I'm vulnerable
The only real tragedy
Is I've gotten familiar with dependency
And now I fear an ending
Where I'm left alone longing
Please just, let me in
Don't let me be just your replacement
To take over in the absence
Of an older friend
Please just, let me in
You have me telling you everything
I should've been quieter, stronger
You see me as an equal, but for how much longer?
Why do things no longer rhyme?
Fearing missing out like it's the end of time
I could really help I swear, did I fail somewhere?
Let me redeem myself, be the machine again
Suppress the emotions, be independent
Let me be a worthy friend
But you sit in the dark
And don't tell anyone
Break down in your car?
You don't tell anyone
And you don't owe
Me a thing
But please God
Just trust me
Cause I've
Sat in your car
So I wouldn't be alone
Told you things
I can't tell anyone
And you don't owe me a thing
But if I can trust you
Why can't you trust me?
I wanna matter to you
I wanna be worth your time
I wanna be the best friend I can be
Why did you befriend me?
Am I someone you want to fix?
Am I someone you want to teach?
Am I your prodigy who doesn't miss
The kid that you want to see win?
Was I meant to be your successor?
How can I be any better?
You said you didn't me to end up like you
Well guess what, too bad, that's coming true
Maybe it feels like betrayal
To see you want to leave this town so bad
You made me lay out all my cards on the table
And you're just turning your back
But I can't keep doing this
Relying on your approval
I'd have to kill myself to live
As the person, I think you want me to be
But all I can hear is your voice saying
"You'll destroy yourself in this process
You know this is all in your head
Kid, you're overthinking again
Will you for once believe what I just said?"

Written by:
Rebeccah Chambers

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