Hot Pink Halo - Start Again

from SpinTunes 19 Round 4 by Spintunes

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I labour over empty boxes
Building lifetimes from the clues
If I let go then I let you win
But either way I lose
And I can’t erase the past
And I can’t find the words to
Fill the space inside

I stare blankly at the edges
Thinking maybe if I squint
Then it will all come clear and I’ll see the truth and
Find what fits
But I can’t erase the past
And I can’t find a way to
Figure this thing out

The horoscopes on the facing page
Tell me when and what and how to feel
And I wish I could believe them
But we both know that magic isn’t real

So now I’m on my own I think I’ll
Solve this one in pen
And if I get the answer wrong
I guess that I’ll cross it out
And start again

I fumble through my pencil case
For the right shade of graphite
If I press down hard enough
It’ll look like black and white
But I can’t erase the past
And I can’t find any leads to
Follow through

The horoscopes on the facing page
Tell me when and what and how to feel
And I wish I could believe them
But we both know magic isn’t real

So now I’m on my own I think I’ll
Solve this one in pen
And if I get the answer wrong
I guess that I’ll cross it out
And start again

And I want to explain it all away
With fantasies and fairy dust
Find the answers in the stars
Read the future in the cards
I could hide away in stories
Pretend that this was meant to be
But the simple truth explains it best that
You just didn’t care enough for me

I labour over empty boxes
Building lifetimes from the clues
If I let go then I let you win
But either way I lose
And I can’t erase the past
And I just can’t figure this thing out
So now I’m on my own I think I’ll
Solve this one in pen
And if I get the answer wrong
I guess that I’ll cross it out and start again
I’ll start again
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from SpinTunes 19 Round 4, released May 2, 2022

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