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Despite My Best Intentions

from A Duo of One by James Wyatt

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The first song recorded. It's an apology song mixed with a promise to strive to improve.

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I don’t know why I can’t say what I mean
I don’t know how I control all my dreams
They don’t control me
But I’m silent in both
Waiting for something the waiting continues
And still you stand by
But the gleam in your eye, is often a tear
I know I’m the cause, it’s always my fault

I know exactly what you want to hear
You wrote it all out for me on note cards
We rehearsed them aloud
But still I ignore
Sitting there silent, I stupidly continue
The sin of omission
Though you don’t fade, forgive and forgive
How long will you wait? How long will you wait?

What I traveled the world and came back just to see you?
Would that absolve me of my meager emotional contact?
Should we continually throw down and pick up,
Putting on band-aids and smiling fake smiling
Or is it possible, truly forgiving, means
Always repenting, and forging still onward?

Maybe I will grow out of this phase
Maybe I’ll wake up and you’ll get your change
You know I pray and I pray
Most every day
Promise myself, this time is different
You won’t ask again
For days it is better, though we both know I
Can’t hang in there long, old patterns repeating too soon
Too soon

Maybe it’s true, love does cover all?

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from A Duo of One, released July 29, 2017

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James Wyatt Houston, Texas

I now work alone, puttering with what I have and record to computer. I love writing but have a hard time actually recording. It's a fun process, even if no one really hears these songs.

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