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Learning To Swim - Jenny Peery

I don't wanna keep feeling scared

But I'm just so underprepared

I just wanna live my life

And not feel like im bringing a knife

To a gun fight

I'm too uptight

‘Cept when writing songs in the dead of night

If all these anxieties

Could just stop controlling me

Then I could finally become who I’m supposed to be


I just wanna live my life

don't tell me if it’s wrong or right


And I'm gonna step into the sun

Even if it means that I get burned

Because I’d rather get burned

Than never see the light

And life is better to be lived

Even if you get hurt

Because it's better to get hurt

Than to be stuck in the night


There's a war in my head

And I wish it would end

Would it be more efficient

If I just didn't

Think feel or even make a sound

All these thoughts spinnin’ ‘round

Makin me wanna leave this damn town


I just wanna live my life

don't tell me if it’s wrong or right


I’ve gotta step out of my boat and learn to swim

Even if i dont always win

I’ll never drown

Because you can't learn to fly if you never hit the ground


But what if the fall is fatal

Is it better to be stuck on this trail

Of being too scared to even speak

Maybe I am just to weak

I guess age ten is when I peaked

Before I realized

that people's eyes

Are never far behind

From your mistakes

When the day breaks

Will I step into the sun or will I continue this heartache?


I just wanna live my life

don't tell me if it’s wrong or right


It’s probably worth the try

Afterwards I feel better, so tell me why

I’m still scared every time

I swear if I could be fearless

I’d be the best

That must be why God gave me all this stress

But that stress can’t hold me back

It feels like I’m gonna have a heart attack


When my hands start to shake

The running thoughts don't take a break

And my heart starts racing

And my mind starts spacing

And I can’t breathe

Tell me, where is the strength underneath?


I just wanna live my life

don't tell me if it’s wrong or right


What I’ve found in all my days

Is that despite the fear, it normally pays

Off to put yourself out there

I just have to ignore the stares

Even though I wanna gasp for air

Because no one really notices

The little details, that’s not where their focus is

It gets easier every day

My life won’t always be this way


So I’ll work on being myself

Even if I’d rather be someone else

I’ll do it unapologetically

Especially

When my fear gets the best of me

Just gotta fake it ‘till I make it

Until when I’m scared I can just shake it

One day I’ll get there

One day I won’t be scared


I’m just gonna live my life

don't care if you think it’s wrong or right


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