You can only hold your true self back for only so long…
SUPPRESSED ME
(Music/lyrics by David Kav.
Copyright 2022. David Kav Ltd. All rights reserved.)
"Take it from a '10' to a '7',"
That statement rattled in my head - shattering heaven
Whatever that concept may come to mean
I have kept it at a '5' for way too long to keep the peace
It's no wonder that I would stop one day
To find my soul is all tattered and astray
Blaming myself for being me
I thought that this was what happiness means
Is everything that we want a sin?
Can I not be trusted to attempt to win?
There's gotta be more to life than this
To live complacently - faking the bliss
CHORUS:
Supressed me
Is tired of paying a mighty fee
When it's my own choices that led me here
Even longer to go - that's crystal clear
I wanted our love to work so hard
I would throw away most of my playing cards
One day - I stopped and I screamed,
"Why the fuck am I even playing this game?"
I was afraid of this state
I called the plays by numbers that it would be this way
But - even then - it's worse than what I had seen
Waiting to die instead of living to dream
BRIDGE:
There really is no other way
We must change what we do to be happy today
As trite as it sounds, I state this for me and you
It's been a while since I have started this move
REPEAT CHORUS
OUTRO:
Don't get me wrong
I still have to tell myself time and time again
Yes - we have got to stay strong
Just let go in order to win - in order to play along
(Because in our playing - that is where we shine and belong...)
@leakyplusme2 Feb 2022
Beautiful voice the chorus just gets stronger as it goes this is a well crafted song well done.
@pvk2020 Feb 2022
Nice changes. Love the resolve on the minor chord at "accept to win" Also in the bridge. Nice construct. And I too, wonder about the game. LOL so I simple make music.
I have a new song, "Simple Life" I am so glad you feel the energy.
@thedutchwidows Feb 2022
I love that opening guitar riff - the way that string pings is awesome. What a voice - those notes in the chorus are epic; huge. Very nicely done!