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Backup Plan

by Empress Eyes

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I don't wanna go to school anymore
Or push my dreams aside
Trying to be digestible
Or at least someone that you like
I don't wanna live a half-assed life
If I don't make it out of this state alive
At least I tried
At least I tried

I just wanna do what I love
Can't be who I'm not
That part of me has died
Drowning in the heat
In the passenger seat
I'm no longer along for the ride

Abandoned myself for people
That I didn't even like
Yeah I've made mistakes
But this time I will make them right

Now these growing pains
Never went away
Just gained intensity
This fluorescent space
Going up in flames
And I guess the same for me
Don't know who I'm meant to be

Stuck on my cell phone
Trying to live a double life
And now when I call home
I can't help but talk slow
I still wanna hide

Fuck having a backup plan
I'll see you after the show
'Cause when the lights go off
I don't feel so lost anymore
'Cause when the lights go off
I don't feel so lost anymore

Now these growing pains
Never went away
Just gained intensity
This fluorescent space
Going up in flames
And I guess the same for me
I know who I'm meant to be

It's easy to be free
When no one else is watching
All the spaces that are vacant
I created
Now feel haunted
And it's easy to be free
When no one else is watching
But if you really knew me
You'd know it's all I've ever wanted

So fuck having a backup plan
I'll see you after the show
'Cause when the lights go off
I don't feel so lost anymore
'Cause when the lights go off
I don't feel so lost anymore

If I don't make it out of this state alive
At least I tried
At least I tried
At least I tried
At least I tried

credits

released February 14, 2024
Recorded by Donovan Rose at Big Mayor Audio and Ryan Jamgotch at Electric Moon Studios

Vocals, lyrics, and music by Clare

Acoustic guitar and photography by Arie Antonakis

Drums, additional keys, and mixed by Donovan Rose

Electric guitar and additional keys by Ryan Jamgotch

Mastered by Taylor Webb

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