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A Beast

from Best Wishes by MAITA

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lyrics

I do not speak of the ache in my shoulders
They bear the burdens I willingly paid for

You have your own they live deep in the folds of your cynical mind like mice

I have been bit by them two times or thrice

And the skin on my hand became tough to the touch
Now they sleep deeply you oil the crease of my palm
In all my dreams I’m more careful than kind

Keep my two hands clean and my tongue on ice

I dare you and dare you to fool me twice

I’d pay any price to be right

Cause you didn’t speak until it got real bad
You didn’t speak then you broke what you had
Let time run its course

I never could forget but I’ll forgive like a dog

Somewhere in my bones these wounds they make their homes but I’m glad you’re home

I wait by the door licking the floor

How long can a man ignore a beast and her sores

I knew a girl who makes bare of the world

Because the light that she wears takes more eyes than is fair
She holds the weight of a heart that yearns foremost to love

I saw her love and read her lover’s love

She burned red I turned green did I know anything but when
Push came to shove love it wasn’t enough we know nothing

Cause he didn’t speak until it got real bad

He didn’t speak are we to go mad
Must time run its course

I never could forget but I’ll forgive like a dog

Somewhere in my bones these wounds they make their homes but I’m glad you’re home

I wait by the door licking the floor

How long can a man ignore a beast and her sores

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from Best Wishes, released May 15, 2020

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MAITA uses her songs -- bursting, overflowing with language and sharp turns of phrase -- as a forum for unvarnished expression."- KEXP

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