Quitter Talk

(album: Kodak - 2022)

I'm addicted to feeling good
I'd hit back if I knew I could
Shrink down inside amphetamines
And tell the world the war is over for me

There's nothing that you can say
Nothing that would make this okay
Someone's gonna do it or not
Maybe it's against the rocks
And that's okay
If there's someone trying to make a change
Someone forcing out the old ways
Humming like a baby dove
Born too late in the autumn sun

It's not enough, it's not enough
It's not enough for me
It's not enough to be enough
It's not enough to move me
Heads back 'til the blue turn black
Or you ain't never coming back
It's not enough to be enough
There's always a new in between

Let it go
All that quitter talk
Those swollen ankles leave you lost on the walk
Nothing's changed maybe something new
Or go around it if it just won't move

There's nothing that you can say to me
There's nothing that will make this okay, maybe
Well someone's gonna do it or not
And maybe it's against the rocks
And that's okay
If there's someone trying to make a change
Someone forcing out their old ways
Humming like a baby does
Born too late in the autumn sun

It's not enough, it's not enough
It's not enough for me
It's not enough to be enough
It's not enough to move me
Heads back 'til the blue turn black
Or you ain't never coming back
It's not enough to be enough
There's always a new in between

It's just an outlier
Rung out by their choir
It's hard 'cause they lie
They make you feel weak
Then try to be sweet
Narcissist goddamn
Their grandeur's unreal
This is not how you deal
Hey you tell them outright
Sometimes you move on
Though it's not what you want
And there's no respect here
Just fear of a new fear
Repaired and undone

It's not enough to be enough
It's not enough for me
It's not enough to be enough
Misguided by dead reckoning