Sarah Popejoy: Ear Candy

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This was one of the few songs I have where the lyrics were written first and then the melody and chords came later.

Skin Deep

Where the wild things are they come and they go
And our innocence gets buried beneath several snows
There was a girl who lived here not that long ago
She’s since moved on.

This anger is mine to keep for a while
But it cannot keep me from faking this smile
I wear my heart exposed like a small, small child
Whose face cannot be seen

Chorus
The answers are not that far.
Mysteries, they’re easy to read.
And this hurt is only
Hurt is only skin deep.

It’s a parallel of silence that comes crashing down.
Underneath and overhead that once solid ground.
Standing between the lost and the found
Somewhere in between

There I was gasping, choking on air
You looking back at me with that cold blank stare.
If I knew well enough I’d say you didn’t care.
If I knew anything

Repeat Chorus

Bridge
In a whisper loud enough to break the speed of sound
What’s lost is lost cannot be found
If you had every answer to every cry being drown
You’d have no enemies

There I was gasping, choking on air
You looking back at me with that cold blank stare.
If I knew well enough I’d say you didn’t care.
If I knew anything

Repeat Chorus