Inertia

from Inertia by Novelty Daughter

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Nobody ever disappears completely nowadays,
Oh isn't it a shame, oh isn't a shame,
Rarely does a day go by where I don't read your name,
Oh rarely does a day go by where I don't read your name...

I go about my happy life with ease until interrupted by
The lighting of a screen, the typing of your keys,
And here comes my shallow breathing...
Here comes my shallow breathing.

Scrolling nostalgically through life the other day
I accidentally played, oh I accidentally played
A video from the night we took the picture on my mother's desk
Oh a video from the night we took the picture on my mother's desk
And now I often spend time wondering where that photo rests:
within a pile of trash or underneath the thrashing of a paper shredder?
I thought I was getting better

First I see how it feels, then you see how it feels, then I see how it feels,
Inertia, inertia, oh,
This is just how we heal, regrets form and congeal,
Inertia, inertia, oh

I wish that I could disappear completely nowadays,
Withdraw into a haze, oh withdraw into a haze,
And write my absence as a burning question mark upon your skin,
And write my absence as a burning question mark upon your skin,
Oh all I ever really wanted was for you to feel my urgency,
The tightness of my breath, the throbbing of my soul as something temporary,
Not to be taken lightly

And when I finally got my wish, the feeling was not victorious,
The longing in your eyes, the sadness in your smile,
There was nothing fun about it
I could have done without it

First you see how it feels, then I see how it feels, then you see how it feels,
Inertia, inertia, oh,
This is just how we heal, regrets form and congeal,
And are never really healed,
Inertia, inertia, oh

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from Inertia, released November 3, 2017

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