If I Can't Be Seen, Then I Won't Get Hurt

by Andrew Winter

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I’ve been preprogrammed for flight mode
I’d disappear if I had some place to go
My blending's in are tough defenses in my skin
I weighed the odds and chose my poison

I’ll stay behind the scenes
Because I know my worth
If I dared to dream,
I’d crash right back to Earth
If I leave you alone, you can finish your work,
But hey dad, please, can we play afterwords?

If I can’t be seen, then I won’t get hurt
If you don't get too close then I won't get burnt again

I was an inattended little kid
I’d pretend and promise I wasn’t sick
So I could take the bus to school
Sit in dining halls that served free lunches

Toxic stress would build in my chest
With boundless apathetic dread
Whispered words were always heard
By closet jerks stuck in my head

Neutral faces don’t seem defense (anymore)
Sifting through my innocence (a broken past I won’t ignore, a broken past I can't ignore again

My harsh conditions bred such calloused skin
No longer living a prizeless life so filled with consequences, bad decisions

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released April 10, 2022
Written and performed by Andrew Winter

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