Houseplants

from Asleep In Your Clothes by Val Emmich

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lyrics

All these houseplants I keep on buying
Now I’m surrounded by so much dying
I’m too excited to sip my coffee
It spills all over my favorite shirt sleeve
Take my bike out and fill the tires
But the side lane’s blocked with oblivious drivers

Nothing is as sweet
As the plan that I conceive

Even with my full attention
I go in the wrong direction
Got to learn to have affection
For the imperfection

I feel I’m bursting with endless passion
But my days go by with no interaction
Like when you have a good laugh but no one’s with you
Or the show begins and you miss your stage cue
I wasn’t trying to spoil your good time
I got this way of messing up without tryin

Nothing is the same
As I see it in my brain

Try so hard to make corrections
So I can stand my own reflection
Got to learn to have affection
For the imperfection

I got these habits that keep me shut down
Like childhood friends who never got out of town
Look young from afar but I’m getting up there
Liver spots and thinning gray hair
I want to impress you so you will love me
You say you already do, but I still feel empty

Nothing is as clean
As I see it in my dreams

If I want a true connection
Flaws and all with no exceptions
Got to learn to have affection
For the imperfection
All my imperfections
It’s not an easy lesson

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from Asleep In Your Clothes, released February 14, 2023

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