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lyrics

This house
This house a Volcano
But I’m sentimental still
There’s no place like home you know
You know I thought
That you brought me down
That life was a fight
To prove who I really am

But it
It took too long for me to see
My self-saboteur was stealing the show

But I can’t be anyone but me
I can’t write any songs but these
I cannot move about this earth
Always trying to prove my worth
My minds a Volcano full of thoughts
But I can choose the words
I can’t be anyone but me and that’s all I need

Those words
Those words about me
They caught me right in the throat
I just couldn’t sing a note
And I
I fell I fell on the words
I thought I was only just
Beginning to really know my worth

But it
It took too long for me to see
My self-saboteur was stealing the show

But I can’t be anyone but me
I can’t write any songs but these
I cannot move about this earth
Always trying to prove my worth
My minds a Volcano full of thoughts
But I can choose the words
I can’t be anyone but me and that’s all I need

So darkened voice let it go
Because I’m done letting you be the one
To bring me down
So darkened voice see it through
Because I’m done letting you be the one
To bring me down

Now time
Its running away
And every moment here
Is just like a brand new day
And you’ll
You’ll waste every last ounce
Trying to please the crowd
When really there’s no second chance

But it
It took too long for me to see
My self-saboteur was stealing the show

I can’t be anyone but me
I can’t write any songs but these
I cannot move about this earth
Always trying to prove my worth
My minds a Volcano full of thoughts
But I can choose the words
I can’t be anyone but me and that’s all I need

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from City of Love, released June 5, 2020
Words: Beth Packer
Music: Beth Packer and Clinton Hough

Beth Packer: vocals, double bass
Clinton Hough: acoustic and electric guitars
Pete Flood: drums

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Based in Somerset, UK, Ma Polaine have a sound that is their own. Beth and Clinton both grew up with jazz, blues and soul, using those influences and a love for individuality to write songs that are simultaneously dark and light, featuring Beth’s effortlessly distinctive vocals and evocative lyrics, coupled with Clinton’s understated guitar style. ... more

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