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If Not Now When

from Same Skin by Amy Vee

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It was only yesterday, they said it was the best she’d played
Game of her 14 years and 15 days
Algebra and debate, Spanish - top of her grade
Every day a milestone, today was much the same
But no amount of stead and savoir faire
Saved from a fate as dark and delicate as her wintery hair

He’d been up and down these halls since they seemed 50 feet tall
Funny how perspective is everything
Though he’d had them at their worst, he’d always seen their futures first
He took the lost and broken of them underwing
And it’s an impotent legacy that the kids they didn’t wanna hear they now refuse to see

Don’t wanna talk about this now, but if not now, when?
Don’t wanna hear about it now, but if not now, when?
Can’t make their minds up about this now, but if not now, when?
We can’t change anything now, but if not now, then when?

Flowers left upon the stair presumably by mother’s hand
An anniversary gift, but not the kind she planned
Now he’s frightened to his core, up here on the third floor
All the one-word answers, he wished he’d told them more
Now there’s a quiet resolve that wills them on
No longer will they let you stifle the voice of reason

We bring you this breaking news
The white noise will be continued
So don’t adjust your mindset

Don’t wanna talk about this now, but if not now, when?
We just can’t face anything now, but if not now, when?
It hurts to think about it now, but if not now, when?
Never be the same as it is now, now we’re left to wonder when.

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from Same Skin, released July 26, 2019

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Amy Vee Newcastle, Australia

Novocastrian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Dark, dreamy, melancholic.

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