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Stupid World

from Everything Stands Back Up by Nire Nah

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lyrics

Ask me who I am
What I stand for, what’s my plan
I will answer

Ask me where I’m from
How I got here, what I’ve done
I’ll go numb

‘Cause I know the history
I know the origin
All the big finishes
All the unhinging
It’s why I was born

I won awards
And I went to Dartmouth
And I was an asshole
Right from the start
I hurt innocent people
And I got hurt back
Even on the defensive
You have to attack

And it’s a stupid world
Crying alone
For someone to hold it
Crying alone
It’s a stupid world

But I’m a smart girl
Or whatever I am
I stand with you
Howsoever I can

They don’t make it easy
It’s a dreadful disease
They take all the liberties
And lives that they please

And I buy my groceries
And I do my laundry
Talk to people who love me
Wonder why I’m this lucky

In a stupid world
Crying alone
For someone to hold it
Crying alone
It’s a stupid world

And it’s determined to burst
Hate and ignorance first
Can we keep our eyes open
Without seeing the worst

It’s already a short life
You don’t have to shoot
Who lobotomized you
Gave you something to prove

Are you so unaware
Pain is something we share
And this blood in the air
Doesn’t have to be there

I was only an asshole
Till I learned compassion
We make these mistakes
And we don’t learn the lesson

Start paying attention
Or paying the price
You don’t have to be right
But it pays to be nice

And not be a murderer, not be a rapist
And not be a hater, and not be a racist

It should’ve been easy
I don’t understand
Why you came to the party
With weapons in hand

And it’s a stupid world
Crying alone
For someone to hold it
Crying alone
It’s a stupid world

And it twirls and twirls

credits

from Everything Stands Back Up, released February 28, 2020
Lyrics and music by Nire Nah
Produced by Patrick Budde
Preserve Records 2020

Vocals and guitar: Nire Nah
Keys and percussion: Patrick Budde
Strings: Caitlin Shantz
Bass: John Francis Klingle

Mixed & mastered at The Preservatory
Chicago, Illinois

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Influences include Joni Mitchell, Tori Amos, Aimee Mann, Rilo Kiley, Daniel Johnston, The Decemberists

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Photo by Matthew Gregory Hollis

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