Without You
I knew a girl once, went to school with her, same neighborhood, and she was typically miserable. 'Til she broke up with her man, then she became the strongest person around. I really think this song encapsulates the growth that a "nothing to lose" attitude can have on you, though it's also deeper than that - it touches on the dissonance of love and loss. We all know that feeling where you feel stronger on your own, but still like part of you is with that other person. You still cling onto the way that person made you feel at the best of times, and you live with that. Indefinitely. This one here, which I wrote just before winter '19, is in my top-10 list of personal favorites. Reading it bereft the melody, might take a few tries to figure out how the syllable emphasis works out in the chorus, but it works perfect once you find it.
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What don't kill you makes you strong
But I damn near died
And I could flood the levees over
All the tears I cried
But my soul of glass turns into stone
Scar tissue glued a heart that broke
Left me tough as a junkyard dog
Fightin' for its life
(Chorus)
The only good part of me without you
Is that I got nothing left to lose
Don't flinch when it thunders
Or in the face of danger
It's a good start to me moving on
Just never knew it'd take this long
Any time left for counting
I'll brave through the remainder
Yeah, I'll fight my battles 'til I'm black and blue
The only good part of me without you
I ain't blinded one small bit
Staring at the sun
Ain't no heat that'd break a sweat
It won't faze me none
All the roads I walked barefoot on nails
Calloused over miles ago way back there
A fearless journey wrought with pain
Has left me numb
(Chorus)
Baby, all my thanks to you
The woman I've become
No longer turn my back from angst
Face it all head on
I reckon now that if I saw you
These focused eyes would burn right through
I'd see past that cold, dark night
Straight into the sun
(Chorus)
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