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Half of You

from Chime by Dessa

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They say that your heart
is the size of your fist
I can tell you first hand
I know how that glove fits
it takes your whole life just to teach it two tricks:
it beats and it attacks.
And in between is all of love and loss, attraction
you live your life between contractions
and you and I we do just that.

Chorus
What if I could cure me of you?
Am I so sure which pill I’d choose?
Maybe I’m happier with half of you
than I’d be with clean but empty rooms.
In the mess it’s made of us
there's still so much to lose.

The key I swallowed
the lock you picked
all these spinning bottles
and I’m still the mark you missed
we should be a settled argument.
But I can’t do that
I can’t remove the screws of my own youth
can’t just pull out all the fuses and start new
can’t erase and can’t undo
my past with you.
And I know it’s
it’s not the sort of thing you’re supposed to show if
you can you’re supposed to try to let it go, you
just shoulder what you can and soldier through.

Chorus

I get this feeling
when I’m far away from home
that I don’t know
the girl I’d be if we’d
left well enough alone
But well is well enough?
What is well enough alone?

Chorus

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from Chime, released February 23, 2018
Lyrics and vocals by Dessa
Music by Anagram Norton and Lazerbeak
Additional production by Andy Thompson
Additional synth by Saam Hagshenas

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Dessa Minneapolis

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

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