A Declaration of Truth

from Starstruck by The Brake Lights

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They’ll never tell you why
No, they’ll never give you the truth!
Then they drill their alibis
At the mouths of their excuses

As they outline your insides
Like drafting a map, or something
But then you yawn under an awning
Waving me onwards towards collapse

But if it’s a matter of things to have
If it’s a matter of chemicals interacting
Well then, I would rather love someone
I know I’ll never have than have someone
I know I’ll never love
I’d rather be with noone
Than with someone just barely good enough

I trace the paper night streets
From under the waning moon hangin’ above me
I use its light
To trace the lines in my face completely
I face the paper in great defeat!

As the streets, they shake me off
Get up, and leave
I shake the shit from off my sleeves
I shake away the sham of disbelief!

‘Cause I would I would rather love someone
I know I’ll never have than have someone
I know I’ll never love
I’d rather be with noone
Than with someone just barely good enough!

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from Starstruck, released February 14, 2024

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The Brake Lights Brattleboro, Vermont

The Brake Lights is a high ABV rock and roll concoction brewed by composer Jason Eric Jensen in the hills of Vermont, USA.

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