What Will People Say by Jihae (songwriter) Lyrics

My father told me
Of the world that he saw
That there are certain rules
Noted in our lives
Rough hands and shoulders bent
Working through night
That's how we survive
That's how we'll survive
But he comes home
His eyes red
Forgotten all his sorrows
And he's forgotten me
So he drowns me
In his sadness
I haven't learnt to swim
Somehow I'll learn to live
Through his pain

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My mama told me
She wished to see the world
Beyond the sea of water
A different kind of blue
She held my hand
We barely said a word
She smiled into the border
Our silence is our truth
Then she’ll come home
Her heart set on
Forgetting all her past
As I became her dream
But she’s drowning
In her memories
She hasn’t learnt to swim
Somehow I’ll learn to live
On my own
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So I’ll learn how to live
I’ll read all the rules
Maybe I’ll write the rules
So you could understand
Everyone’s just the same
All pretending to be sane
I won’t hesitate to take
A step towards the fall
But for now
I’ll just be waiting here
Thinking
What will people say
What will people say

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