Surprise Me

by Sylvia Blair

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I think you’re softer than you want me to believe
But what do you show me?
I’ll believe what you show me
I see you’re softer than I saw initially
But you don't want to show me
And i’m not in the mood to wait for you to open up

and I don’t have time for you
or your breakthrough

you were a porcelain doll and I like shiny things
with some fragility
but not in masculinity
so i built you boxes to overlook some traits
so then you could surprise me
but that’s just fantasizing about you opening up

and I don’t have time for you
or your breakthrough
to start and treat people nice
you’ll never take my advice
although you never asked for it
it’s for my benefit
or else I’d see a good good guy, just reserved maybe shy
one that’s for the charts, the one that starts the sparks
but if I don’t hold back you’re gonna break my heart
if i don’t hold back you’re gonna break my heart

I’m afraid I’m softer than I want you to believe
I don’t know what to show you
I don’t know how to show you
I’m afraid that girl isn’t who you want to see
so maybe you don’t deserve me
maybe you shouldn’t get to see the way I open up

I don’t have time for you
for a breakthrough
cause if you’re treating me nice
for now that has to suffice
I’ll deal as friends
less energy to spend
on a mediocre guy, who is shallow and shy
you pull me in, I begin again
to go back to the start, where you lit all the sparks
and I don’t hold back and you break my heart
i don’t hold back you break my heart
if i don’t hold back, you’re gonna break my heart

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released December 6, 2019
cover art by Abby Lamdan

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Sylvia Blair New York, New York

multidisciplinary artist in nyc

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