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A Lesson in Pain

by Bridget Allan

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I lost myself, I lost myself Within your arms, within your arms Who am I, Who am I When I’m alone? When I’m alone? Could I survive without your love? Can I survive without your love? It can be so hard to admit when I am wrong, even if its what we need What are we doing at this loud bar? I’d rather be walking through the woods. Or getting dinner with you at my side Who knows what I would do if I was single I guess I would chasing down fleeting company And I’d be constantly be worried how long till they leave me, and what do they really think? Id still look for you down every street, Expecting a happy embrace I’m fine I’m just scared I’m fine I’m just scared I’m fine I’m just afraid I’m fine I’m just scared I’m fine I’m just scared I’m fine I’m just afraid I know you love me But I see the cracks here I know I need to change You know I love you, but it’s so hard to change I lost myself, I lost myself Within your arms, within your arms Who am I, Who am I When I’m alone? When I’m alone? Could I survive without your love? Can I survive without your love? Without your love, without you
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May 23rd 04:17
Now I’m well aware You’re a lot of to let go off I still try to find you here In hospitals or on the street If you’re watching over you would see I’ve cried for you a hundred times I make visible my arm tattoo So people ask and I can talk about you I don’t know why I care, to spread your word to people you never met You are everything wrong with me Now I only see you in my dreams Now what’s the point of being angry When at least I can hug you when I sleep I know you didn’t choose to leave, But now I only see you in my dreams How am I? I’m doing fine I’ve picked up some hobbies since you died How is your family? Im sorry we don’t really ever speak And I also lost my love But yours is still the deepest cut If I think too much about it, I start to feel sick Nothing makes me more scared than the permanence of it You are everything wrong with me Now I only see you in my dreams Now what’s the point of being angry When at least I can hug you when I sleep You didn’t choose to leave me, But now I only see you in my dreams Oh I guess I’ll see you when I dream Don’t be afraid it parts of the process, Don’t be afraid it happens to all of us
3.
There’s nothing you can say to make me believe that you will stay Leaving is what I’d do, I’d cut me off too Haven’t I given enough love, for you to have to stick around Do you not owe me that much? Theres a deep cut in my chest What’s the cause? I could blame my parents Something makes me wanna hurt you I kick you as hard as I can to see if you come back Something makes me hurt you Something makes me wanna hurt you There’s nothing you can say to make me believe that you will stay Leaving is what I’d do I’d cut me off too Haven’t I given enough love For you to have to stick around Do you not owe me that much? Put me out of my misery like our old dog You want to leave, you want to leave, is what my brain tells me So leave, just fucking leave, did you ever love me Just leave just fucking leave Me to die
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Are you getting closer? my future lover? With all this swiping on dating apps, I feel like I am going to crack And now I’m waiting for messages back is this another one I’ll waste my time on Soon I am going to snap and give up on love Just let me sink in that hole Leave me there Maybe I will become whole And finally learn to love myself Are you getting closer? My future lover? Or are you all in your past No I can’t believe that You will be so happy When I find you finally It was worth all the turmoil and more Why don’t you love yourself No you cant get anyones help You have to solve that puzzle yourself Ahhh ahhh just breathe breathe breathe Oh I have to have some faith in me Don’t I deserve the most of my mind and time And some of this love that I just share can it be just mine? Are you getting closer my future lover? Who I’ll tell of my deepest regrets and my father Just tell me where you are, I’ll fasten the process…. I have to believe you’re out there I have to believe I have to believe you’re out there I have to believe you’re out there I have to believe Are you getting closer? It feels like further?
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You stroke my hair and kiss my head until I fall asleep A gentle stranger, how interesting it was to meet I stare at your tattoos and ask for the stories and you look at me with your warm and foreign smile Don’t let me fall in love with you Don’t let me fall in love with you Even though I know it’ll be easy to do Don’t let me fall in love with you My friends are telling me to protect my peace Is it so bad to want you with me? Maybe I can’t give you what those drugs do, but there’s a lot of things I could promise you There’s something so attractive about how we both know the same pain And how it greets you at the end of the day Don’t let me fall in love with you Don’t let me fall in love with you Even though I know it’ll be easy to do Don’t let me fall in love with you 
I have more love in me than I thought I did Its a damn good thing I have so much left to give But are you gonna cause me pain? Will there be more than loss then gain? Don’t let me fall in love with you Don’t let me fall in love with you Even though I know it’ll be easy to do Don’t let me fall in love with you Don’t let me fall in love with you I will not fall in love with you I will not fall in love with you I will not fall in love with you I need to get the fuck away from you and move I will not fall in love with you I will not fall in love Not again Never again

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All music + artwork by Bridget Allan
Thank you to my Mum and my dear friends, I would not be here without you.

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released April 26, 2024

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Bridget Allan Melbourne, Australia

Bridget Allan is an indie/jazz-influenced singer-songwriter from the Mornington Peninsula. She is currently studying for a Bachelor of Music at the University of Melbourne, specialising in Jazz & Improvisation. Bridget’s most significant musical influences are Jeff Buckley and Florence + The Machine. ... more

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