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    Holding My Place For Me


    I stared at the truth for an hour or so
    Tracing lines of the letters in hopes they would show
    That I’m not so insistent, callous, or cheap
    Rather softly aggressive with words light on their feet

    But it seems though I try to be, I can never be me

    All this time I’ve thought I was free
    But I’m holding my place for me
    All these faces you see
    They’re just holding my place for me

    I can’t seem to find any sign of regrets
    Just a sad group of words that I can’t quite forget
    A collection of histories from all different coasts
    But it seems more and more that I’m just a ghost

    And it seems though I try to be, I can never be me

    I stared at the truth for an hour or so
    Tracing lines of the letters in hopes they would show
    That I’m not so insistent, callous, or cheap
    Rather softly aggressive with words light on their feet

    But it seems though I try to be, I can never be me

    All this time I’ve thought I was free
    But I’m holding my place for me
    All these faces you see
    They’re just holding my place for me

    If you weren’t afraid that you could fail
    What would you try to do?
    Take the stage, tell your tale
    Any dreams inside of you
    If you took the chance to
    Find out what you could do
    Let your dreams define you
    They just might come true

    All this time I’ve thought I was free
    But I’m holding my place for me
    All these faces you see
    They’re just holding my place for me

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