Tread Lightly

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here you go again,
talking like the last 6 months
don’t mean a thing to anyone but me.
i’m starting to see the forest for the trees.
i’ll pick you up
and call your bluff on everything.
it’s nice to meet you
now, please just leave.

and i guess some things are
better left unsaid for me.
when you play with fire,
you tend to burn down everything.

can i please just leave?
(as i walk to your house in the pouring rain)
can you let me be?
(we can try and revise all the mess we made)

it’s pretty unfair that it comes to this.
but, i’m a little negative for an optimist
and i just won’t beg you for it.

here we go again,
talking like the last few months
had no affect on me.
i silently bleed,
waiting for someone to love me.

i’ve come to terms, i’ll never win.
reveal my layers, break my skin.
how were you expecting anything different?

and i guess some things
are better left as dead to me.
when you play with love
you tend to lose everything.

can i please just leave?
(as i walk to your house in the pouring rain)
can you let me be?
(we can try and revise all the mess we made)
it’s pretty unfair that it comes to this.
but, i’m a little negative for an optimist
and i just won’t beg you for it.

just let me go,
and i promise that i’ll tread lightly.
just let me know,
and i promise to hold on tightly.

can i please just leave?
(as i walk to your house in the pouring rain)
can you leave me be?
(we can try and revise all the mess we made)

it’s pretty unfair that we have to choose,
between a little negative
and a lot to lose.
i just won’t beg you for it.

just let me go and i promise that i'll tread lightly.

credits

released February 24, 2018
Song written and performed by Jonathon Fraser.
Engineered, mixed, mastered, and produced by Sebastian Quintero.
Drums, synth, additional guitars performed by Sebastian Quintero.

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