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Chorus
They say there’s good grief
but how can you tell it from the bad?
Maybe it’s only in the fact
good grief’s the one that’s in your past.

I got snow in my pockets
went down again
head first
laced drill bits to my pointe shoes
pirouette
through the hardwood to paydirt.
Night falls, day breaks;
Time has a funny kind of violence
and I’m
tryna keep in mind
it can’t leave you the way it finds you.
Good grief:
I’ve heard people say it
what a
phrase, what a state to be in
but I don’t know
where they go to get get
that feeling.
My knees stay clean not much for praying
I do my own stunts and my own saving
but there’s something amiss
something I been missing
Maybe, maybe.


Chorus
This time my best wasn’t good enough
well, fuck, usually it is
and the air got a little rough
took off the fuselage, the engine, and both wings
but I’m willing to work for this
just show me where to dig
and I’m ready to hurt for this
I know exactly what this is:
Good grief
I want that good grief
the one that heals me
that leaves me clarified by fire
when I’m burned clean
tempered by light and heat
Ah, by the dead of morning
I’ll be better for it
And then fortified I’ll rise.
Bust the hydrant, let it spray champagne
Wings are broken but I felt no pain
It’s real today, I know this feeling, let it rain

Chorus
Secrets don’t like to be kept
All mine jumped over the fence
I guess I should be upset,
but I’m in my nightgown on the lawn
thinking, better that they’re gone
I’ve been afraid of this so long
it’s a relief when it goes wrong.

Cause I’m here now, and asking
melt me down, recast me
burn me clean
like glass from sandy ground
X2

Chorus

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from Sound the Bells: Recorded Live at Orchestra Hall, released November 8, 2019
written by Paper Tiger, Andy Thompson, Lazerbeak and Dessa

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Dessa is a writer and touring musician based in Manhattan and Minneapolis. Quick wit, sharp pen, soft heart.

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