BY YOUR SIDE

from Y by Jake Watt

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BY YOUR SIDE

Like a thorn in your spine
A grip you want loose
A fly in your glass of wine
Like a voice in your head
A trip you don't choose
A book you've already read...

Like a shot to the head
The knot to the noose
A word you so dearly regret
Like an urge to a piss
Just a note on your list
Something you can easily dismiss

This feeling you get and you're too proud to wonder
How worse can it get and when will you scarper?
By your side
I've been waiting, fighting by your side
I’ve been painting my life in black & white
I’ve been fleeing deserting every fight
I’ve been waiting inside

If there's no one to blame
If it's nobody's fault
Then who made the rules to this game?
It’s a trap that you've staged
The decision is yours
A bird in an open cage

I’m the glint to your fire
I’m the price to the gold
The foundation below your empire
Either one of us quits
And if that should be me
I won't engage in this battle of wits

I've been waiting
I buried my soul deep underground
I've been hiding too long conspiring by your side
Raise your hopes and do yourself a favour

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from Y, released December 2, 2012

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Jake Watt France

Singer/Songwriter

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Jungle Moon

Mar 2020
Y

Dec 2012
Unreleased

Dec 2018
Anonymous Work

Dec 2010
Covers

Dec 2018

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